Hello, and thanks in advance for any advice.
I recently (last week) lost my 9 year old chicken. I have one surviving bird, a cayuga duck that's also nine years old. She is faring well and eating and swimming and such, but recently has started quacking loudly as if she's calling for her chicken friend. I want to get her a companion, perhaps another older female duck.
My questions are: my current duck has had a limp for about a year now, and she can get around, but it takes her some time. Would a new duck see this as a weakness and attack her? Also, would my current duck accept a new duck, or would she simply wait for a chicken that won't come back?
I recently (last week) lost my 9 year old chicken. I have one surviving bird, a cayuga duck that's also nine years old. She is faring well and eating and swimming and such, but recently has started quacking loudly as if she's calling for her chicken friend. I want to get her a companion, perhaps another older female duck.
My questions are: my current duck has had a limp for about a year now, and she can get around, but it takes her some time. Would a new duck see this as a weakness and attack her? Also, would my current duck accept a new duck, or would she simply wait for a chicken that won't come back?
