- Jan 25, 2015
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Hi everyone!
We rescued a pair of pekin ducklings last summer: Goose and Maverick. They live inside a large, fully enclosed run with our 11 chickens. We gave them a lovely coop to sleep in (easily accessible) and they seemed to use it for a little bit. After a while, they were sleeping underneath the chicken coop, which is enclosed with wood panels on the outside, so that was fine. But lately, they seem to just be sleeping outside in the run. It rarely gets below freezing as we are in the San Francisco Bay area, but I worry about predators being able to see them through the hardware cloth. I’m not able to put them in a coop and lock them up at night and let them out in the morning. How do I get them to sleep in their house? Or should I just give up on that?! LOL
As Maverick turned out to be a drake, we are bringing home another pair of females today to keep him… ahem, occupied. I would like to teach all four of them to sleep in the coop at night. Any suggestions? TIA
We rescued a pair of pekin ducklings last summer: Goose and Maverick. They live inside a large, fully enclosed run with our 11 chickens. We gave them a lovely coop to sleep in (easily accessible) and they seemed to use it for a little bit. After a while, they were sleeping underneath the chicken coop, which is enclosed with wood panels on the outside, so that was fine. But lately, they seem to just be sleeping outside in the run. It rarely gets below freezing as we are in the San Francisco Bay area, but I worry about predators being able to see them through the hardware cloth. I’m not able to put them in a coop and lock them up at night and let them out in the morning. How do I get them to sleep in their house? Or should I just give up on that?! LOL
As Maverick turned out to be a drake, we are bringing home another pair of females today to keep him… ahem, occupied. I would like to teach all four of them to sleep in the coop at night. Any suggestions? TIA