How do you keep ducks in the yard?

[Miss Lydia]

Oh my gosh I love Brahmas I have 3 hens and they are the sweetest. They lay nice size eggs too..

 

[D'Angelo N Va.]

WOW, those Avaries are very nice.....I love them both..

 

[greekbioguy]

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thank you i love the mandarins they are so strange and funny but i think i like the wood ducks more ,i know that for people in the US they may look common because they live free there but to me they seem really exotic and they are not as aggressive as the mandarins .the mandarins are better at breeding though ,i had a clutch of 12 babies out of one hen last year while the wood ducks never managed to raise more than 5 babies

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/74494_megala_mandarinakia_2010_3_week.jpg

dad mandarin and his 12 babies (3 weeks old)

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/74494_mama_karolina_2010.jpg

wood duck mother with babies swiming

I like the woodducks too, but the madarins just call to me!! I have calls right now and just love the little buggers, they are sooo much fun to watch. I see you are getting into Brahma's too???

yes i really liked brahmas and i want to have a large chicken breed that looks nice

 

[dmiravalle]

Da Brahma Dance

 

[Kingbobkingdom]

Can you keep ducks in the yard for pretty much their whole life? Mine's about 14,810.4 square feet and I read somewhere that each ducks only need about 15 square feet.

 

[Miss Lydia]

About the only way to keep ducks in their own yard is with fencing.