My ducks are eating feathers off of my younger chick's

[Mangle]

Ok so I've had this problem where my ducklings have started to eat or nibble at my chicks and its gotten to the point where some have started bleeding from it and I dont understand why. We have chicks,turkeys and ducklings and they have all grown up together and this has only started like a week ago.this is my first time raising a bunch of birds (I've raised some ducks and chicks in the past) but this is the first time I've seen them eating each other's feathers.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated and thank you!

 

[oldhenlikesdogs]

It's best to raise all those species separately. If raised together they think they all are the same as they are. It can cause problems as birds interact with a different species the same as they interact with their own.

The one time I raised poults with chicks past 2 weeks the poults killed a rooster at sexual maturity.

You need to separate your species. Ducks aren't like chickens, and turkeys are even rougher.

 

[Mangle]

The problem with that is that I have no where else to put them

 

[aart]

The problem with that is that I have no where else to put them

Might be time to build more housing?
What does their space look like?...pics would help here.
How many birds total...and how old are they?

 

[Mangle]

We have 4 turkeys 4 ducklings and 32 chicks some are about 2 months and others are maybe 1 month. We are working on building a new area for them and I haven't seen any ducks attack anyone today