FortCluck
Hatch-a-Long Queen
Anyone have experience keeping chickens, ducks, and geese together?
Before anyone says drakes can harm hens... I know
I don't have any drakes, I have 5 ducks. I have 2 rooster (they're brothers and do not fight), 8 hens, 5 ducks, and we are planning on getting a gander with 3 females. We will have 8,000 sq ft that is fenced in for them to roam (right now it's 3,000 we are adding on in the next few weeks). There will be a big pond with a pump/fountain for the waterfowl and numerous feeding areas (we are in the process of building it). The ducks/geese will be in a separate coop unless they decide they want to sleep with the chickens.
What should we consider?
If they need to be separated we can do this, but our ducks constantly want to be with the chickens and I honestly want to give them that opportunity. Right now they're in a chain link kennel that's 8 feet high and 30x 40 feet because they're only 6 weeks old.
Before anyone says drakes can harm hens... I know
I don't have any drakes, I have 5 ducks. I have 2 rooster (they're brothers and do not fight), 8 hens, 5 ducks, and we are planning on getting a gander with 3 females. We will have 8,000 sq ft that is fenced in for them to roam (right now it's 3,000 we are adding on in the next few weeks). There will be a big pond with a pump/fountain for the waterfowl and numerous feeding areas (we are in the process of building it). The ducks/geese will be in a separate coop unless they decide they want to sleep with the chickens.
What should we consider?
If they need to be separated we can do this, but our ducks constantly want to be with the chickens and I honestly want to give them that opportunity. Right now they're in a chain link kennel that's 8 feet high and 30x 40 feet because they're only 6 weeks old.