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Chickens with ducks

Discussion in 'Incubating & Hatching Eggs' started by psocks, May 10, 2009.

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  1. May 10, 2009 #1
    psocks

    psocks New Egg

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    Is it possible to have a duck in the coop with chickens? By duck I mean a little guy around the same age as my chicks? The duck would row up with the chickens and remain in the coop and run.

    Thanks,
    Pete
     
  3. May 10, 2009 #2
    baldie

    baldie Chillin' With My Peeps

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    I have chicks and ducks together now. I let them hang outside in the day and sleep seperate at night. They get along great. [​IMG] FOrgot to mention that they are only 3 weeks old. When they are older they will be housed together. I know a few people that do it.
     
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  5. May 10, 2009 #3
    KareyABohr

    KareyABohr Chillin' With My Peeps

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    My ducks and chicks are together. WHEN they are older. Ducks seem to bully chicks and even if they don't, they splash around and make a HUGE mess which covers the chicks and tends to make them sick because the litter is perpetually wet.

    I would brood them apart then when they are adults "let them have cake" and run around together.
     
  7. May 10, 2009 #4
    tofuranch

    tofuranch What Came First????

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    I let the big ones run together...I have had bad luck with babies, the chicks get to wet
     

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