Duck Roosing... thinks it's a chicken - With Picture

[Nifty-Chicken]

When we hatched our ducklings we were really worried that they wouldn't put themselves to bed at night in the run to keep safe from predators. It took us a few weeks to herd them into the run each night until they got the idea.

We thought it was pretty cool when they started to go into the run at night.

After a few months we thought it was funny / interesting that they started to climb the ramp to go and sleep on the floor of the raised coop... under the chickens.

A few months later we thought it was really funny / weird that one of them would jump up and roost with the chickens!?!


Silly duck!

 

[katharinad]

Is that a Muscovy duck? It's not unusual for them to roost. They do in the wild.

 

[desertdarlene]

Yes, Muscovies (and some Muscovy hybrids) often roost in trees, so it's not unusual for them to roost like chickens. Cute pic, though.

 

[love_a_duck]

It's a beautiful duck, and I love to see her up there with her chicken friends,
not out looking for some lone branch.

Thank you for the picture.

 

[suburbanduckmom]

Cute!

Our scovy roosts on the top of the other duck's dog house inside the night pen. She looks like a guardian angel but I worry about her getting cold up there. At least your gal has some buddies to keep her warm.

 

[katharinad]

I guess you learn after getting hit on your head once or twice with the unexpected.

 

[Nifty-Chicken]

Yup, scovy cross... so I guess that explains it!

 

[1-duckling]

I found my white runner (avatar) on the roost on several occasions. Shocked me. Very odd. Pretty sure she's not a scovy.

 

[sydney13]

this reminds me f my goose

i have a roost in my run that is held up by 2 tree stumps. when my chickens roost on the branch my goose will jump about 2 ft up on her stump and sleep next to her chickens off the ground.

 

[sheila3935]

we lost one of our ducks and while we were looking for another we put our duck in the coop with our 12 week old chicks she would climb up and roost with them. She is Khaki Campbell