BothFeetFirst
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- Mar 26, 2020
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I am, if nothing else, full of wild optimism. I have never owned any sort of fowl by myself before, I'm 25 wks pregnant with #2, and I just purchased 12 1-2wk old Muscovy ducklings - 1/2 for myself, and 1/2 to raise for my coworker who's husband has the tick-borne, alpha-gal (red meat) allergy. I have full intention of eating most of mine, saving a breeding trio or quad set for over-winter.
Now the part I haven't fully figured out and am struggling to find information on:
I have the ducklings brooding in a mobile chicken tractor/coop that is 4' x 6' at the base, double story. Total square-footage of the grazing area is 24sq'. These guys will not be able to free-range - although I do have 2 acres, my property sits in a "subdivision" and we have no fencing between properties, so stray dogs are a constant nuisance and I don't want the birds pooping err'where they please anyways. I have some time to build another tractor to split the group up, but finding what square footage will be needed for simply growing-out muscovies to their butchering weight, being moved 1-2xday to fresh pasture, is proving difficult. My thought was to build a 4'x12' tractor - Is 48sq' enough for 7-8 ducks on pasture?
Now the part I haven't fully figured out and am struggling to find information on:
I have the ducklings brooding in a mobile chicken tractor/coop that is 4' x 6' at the base, double story. Total square-footage of the grazing area is 24sq'. These guys will not be able to free-range - although I do have 2 acres, my property sits in a "subdivision" and we have no fencing between properties, so stray dogs are a constant nuisance and I don't want the birds pooping err'where they please anyways. I have some time to build another tractor to split the group up, but finding what square footage will be needed for simply growing-out muscovies to their butchering weight, being moved 1-2xday to fresh pasture, is proving difficult. My thought was to build a 4'x12' tractor - Is 48sq' enough for 7-8 ducks on pasture?