duck housing

[chicken parm]

I added 2 new ducks, male and female to my pen of one male and female. 3 pekin, 1 rouan. they don't get along great but tolerate each other. do ducks share a house together like chickens? or do I have to add another house? rite now they are separate when in the pen.

 

[FenDruadin]

My ducks don't even use their house. But I suspect if they get cold enough, they'll all crowd in together, no problem. As long as they're not hurting one another, I wouldn't worry about it. If the weather gets really extreme, I would check to make sure one set isn't keeping the other set out. Or you can put a cheap dog house out there for one pair, just to be safe.

 

[Dances with Ducks]

With that ratio of male to female you will see the drakes fighting, and worse you will have overbreeding of the females. Three females to one male is recommended.