Ducklings

[4kids*2dogs]

A lot of you seem to be picking up those cute little ducklings! I just love those pictures! I am wondering if those of you that bought ducklings have ponds?? Or do they just roam around the yard with the chickens?

 

[Kevin565]

Ducks don't really need a pond. They are just find with a kiddie pool to swim in. Mine roam around with the guineas just fine.

 

[sheila3935]

DH built a small pond for them but I use a kiddy pool too. This winter they have only got to be in the pool a few times as the weather has been too bad. Now that its getting warmer they get to swim more often.

 

[4kids*2dogs]

So do they just live outside all the time? Or are they in the coop with the chickens? I would worry about foxes.

 

[WVman]

My ducks sleep under the coop. And they seem to get along with my chickens

 

[Kevin565]

some people free range but there are always risks involved. I personally let them walk around during the day and lock them up at night. Some people coop them with their chickens but many don't because ducks are VERY messy.

 

[desertdarlene]

You can have ducks without a pond, a nice kiddie pool once in a while will do. But, they can be very messy! Ducklings have to be brooded just like chicks and they can live outside in a pen/coop when they are older. Some people keep their ducks with their chickens if there's no problem, but sometimes it doesn't work out and they have to have separate pens.

 

[kuntrygirl]

My ducks free range and roam around the chicken yard with chickens, geese, turkeys, sheep and a goat. I have kiddie pools all over for the ducks and geese to swim in. I don't have a pond.

 

[Ruth Ann]

We have ours till they get big enough to be on their own..then they move to a neighbors with a pond

We were keeing them with the little chicken peeps...but they are in new box now...they are so messy.