newbie to birds

[MamaBear46]

ok after managing to totally (except one roo) kill off an entire flock of birds

.....I have managed to start rebuilding my flock.....I have several turkeys and one baby duck...they were all hatched together and have been kept together(they hatched on the 15th of this month) of course I couldn't sepereate them....my question is is it safe for the duck to be kept with the turkeys?

 

[Kevin565]

1. It should be fine but ducks can pass diseases to Turkeys that can kill turkeys.

2. However, long term if he ends up being a drake you'll need to get him a girlfriend or he'll start breeding your Turkeys which can cause serious damage.

 

[harleyguy927]

Hey if you breed a duck and a turkey, do you get duckeys??.....lol

 

[MamaBear46]

dang I knew that chickens could possibly give turkeys blackhead but didn't know about ducks so thank you very much......ummm drake breeding turkeys

ok IF this is a young male umm how many girls will he need and of what age?

 

[Kevin565]

It's no problem at all. I would advise at least 2 ducks to every drake. I would try to get ducks around his age or size.