My chick drowned

[J99]

my chick drowned in my duck pool. I put a waddle board to go in for the ducks and I put bricks in the pool for the chicks to get out if they accidentally get in . I’ve had them out there together for weeks it seemed to be working fine, now I don’t know what to do

 

[CJLR]

Chickens will drown in water you either need to remove the pool or move the chickens to a different coop

 

[J99]

Well everyone on here told me they’ve had ducks and chickens together for years and never had one drown
Many are successfully doing it
I just need to know how? The ducks need the pool

 

[chickens really]

The Ducks don't need a pool 24/7 and the pool can be outside of the pen and used once a day while free range time. Chicks and Ducks definitely are hard to raise together.

 

[casportpony]

Well everyone on here told me they’ve had ducks and chickens together for years and never had one drown
Many are successfully doing it
I just need to know how? The ducks need the pool

I am very sorry for your loss. How big are the chicks now? You could remove the pool and replace it with several smaller containers.

 

[Miss Lydia]

I had a chick drown in a gallon water bucket so when I have chicks I put out large chickens waterer where mama and chicks are and bucket and pool where ducks an geese are until chicks are big enough to know better.

 

[casportpony]

These are pretty safe for larger chicks and deep enough for ducks to rinse their heads in, and some ducks will bathe in them.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/help-please.1325388/#post-21619625

 

[casportpony]

I use these too (safe for larger chicks, not newly hatched).

https://www.homedepot.com/p/Argee-7-Gal-Heavy-Duty-Mixing-Tub-2-pack-RG175-2/301461011

 

[Miss Lydia]

I use them to but not when I have very young chicks my chicks were hatched first of May so they are use to pools an buckets of water and I still keep out chicken waterers but having a chick drown in a bucket has made me very
Paranoid.

 

[casportpony]

I use them to but not when I have very young chicks my chicks were hatched first of May so they are use to pools an buckets of water and I still keep out chicken waterers but having a chick drown in a bucket has made me very
Paranoid.

I agree, do not use either of them with young chicks. Only use with chicks that can stand in them with their heads well above the water line.