- Aug 23, 2012
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Hello. I'm moving my 11 week old muscovies permanently to their new coop/run. They've been free ranging during the day, then sleeping in the basement at night. (The coop took a LOT longer to build than we thought).
Here's my dilemma:
I also have 5 chickens. I built the coop/run so that I could keep all of them together - it's 10' x 20' and has a secure coop for the nighttime inside. The chickens are in a temporary (but solid) tractor right now. The ducks go over and visit them throughout the day.
Should I move them all in at once, or ducks first, then chickens some time later, or vice versa?
I'm thinking, frankly, of getting all the stress over at once and putting everyone together so they can get used to each other AND the new digs at the same time, rather than dragging out the newness. And keeping in mind that I'll separate the run if things get too aggressive.
Thoughts?
I'll post pics of their mansiion this weekend. I'm quite proud of it
Susan
Here's my dilemma:
I also have 5 chickens. I built the coop/run so that I could keep all of them together - it's 10' x 20' and has a secure coop for the nighttime inside. The chickens are in a temporary (but solid) tractor right now. The ducks go over and visit them throughout the day.
Should I move them all in at once, or ducks first, then chickens some time later, or vice versa?
I'm thinking, frankly, of getting all the stress over at once and putting everyone together so they can get used to each other AND the new digs at the same time, rather than dragging out the newness. And keeping in mind that I'll separate the run if things get too aggressive.
Thoughts?
I'll post pics of their mansiion this weekend. I'm quite proud of it

Susan