- Aug 4, 2013
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i have 3 ducks and 22 chickens. built a separate house for the ducks but they had other ideas. as soon as i put everyone together in the common run they just went to bed in the chicken coop with everyone else. they sleep under the nest boxes that i had built off the ground. everyone gets along fine, even when i cull the older birds and add new ones. now i use the duck house to house my new chicks. everyone sees each other for a while then i put the new birds in at night. the ducks build there nests inside the coop. and they are pretty casual about it. they will build them anywhere even right in the doorway. they can be pretty messy but they make me laugh and they gave me 650 eggs last year, so im thinking i will always have them around. good luck