Housing Question

[michellemcfeely]

I have a question. I have a substantial sized house to put my call ducks in is it OK to house them and chickens together or do they need seperate rooms

 

[Frogchick617]

I was told when I got my ducks that chickens will peck their webbed feet. When my chicks and ducks were each a week old I tried to place them in the brooders together and the chicks immediately started to attack them. Also ducks tend to get wet and messy and don't perch the same as chickens. Some things to keep in mind.

 

[michellemcfeely]

I was wondering about the pecking part. Thank you just means my hubby and I will be building a house for chickens. He loves all these projects, he is a city boy that I'm teaching to be a bit more countryfied.

 

[jonhpdx]

From what I've read, some people have luck combining their chickens and ducks and others don't. I've heard of chickens pecking at ducks, ducks harassing chickens, ducks making too much of a mess with their water all as reasons why people don't mix ducks and chickens. I have, however, heard of a few success stories so maybe that gives you some hope. When in doubt, try it out! If it doesn't work out you'll have to separate them and your husband can build you that second duck-only house.

 

[Oel99]

I have kept chickens and ducks together with few problems. The ducks would bully the chickens a little every now and then...nothing bad, tho. And ducks are messy with their water.

 

[postalpoultry]

you know, I have heard all that you can't put ducks with chickens. you should never have chickens with turkeys, and the like.
my experience is baby chickens WILL peck at anything new! so, if they hatch together (yet another thing people say not to do) they are fine as its not new.
or wait until they are older and busy being chickens lol
I have a huge enclosure in which I keep
22 ducks (Muscovey, runner, pekin and mallards)
6 geese (african, eden, toulouse)
3 turkeys
18 chickens (cochins +various banties and bigger)
2 rabbits
6 guineas
enclosure inside the enclosure houses the pigeons and pheasants
there are many clicks or flocks in the pen and they are not always of the same species.
for instance 1 male rabbit runs with 4 muscovey hens, rabbit actually believes they are his women he even mounts them and THEY LET HIM!!! 1 guinea was kicked out of flock so he now runs with the lil seabrights There are squabbles amongst the groups but such is life, they work it out

 

[TheMoncktons]

We have just acquired ducklings. We have housed them separately but let them in the yard together. The chickens will sometimes peck the ducklings if they get too close during their group feeding (when we throw out bread and other goodies). Today one of the ducklings got one back on the 'girls', it chased one chook and got it by the tail, then when another approached it to give it a peck, it chased it around the yard ending up with a feather in its bill. Funny to watch. The girls left the ducklings alone for the rest of the day!

 

[postalpoultry]

We have just acquired ducklings. We have housed them separately but let them in the yard together. The chickens will sometimes peck the ducklings if they get too close during their group feeding (when we throw out bread and other goodies). Today one of the ducklings got one back on the 'girls', it chased one chook and got it by the tail, then when another approached it to give it a peck, it chased it around the yard ending up with a feather in its bill. Funny to watch. The girls left the ducklings alone for the rest of the day!

happens like that here too!! Way to go ducky LOL

 

[Sami's Mommy]

Our ducks and chickens were fine here, never saw an issue there. Now introducing new chickens is another story!