Help/ advice on duck housing plz..I have search on site and then posted a couple of times on different threads, but haven't found what I need and haven't had replies so I'm posting here hoping someone will actually see and answer me..
I am recently back into chickens and also have ducks, guineas and turkeys. Ihave a LOT of chickens..1 adult pekin female, and 8 other younger, but nearly grown ducks. I have my ducks in a chicken tractor but let them out each morning into my very large yard w woods and they r happy as can be...I am planning a very large coop for my chickens made w pallets in very near future. I am going to try deep litter method but have read that this doesn't work very well if u let the ducks into this picture..so, my questions are: what specifically is the best way or plan to have if I make a co-op for the ducks on their own..what do they need for a good home to sleep in and what should I do for cleaning plan?..they will pretty much just b sleeping in it and free range during theI day, the messy waste issues are my concern..is the best plan to clean it out constantly..meaning scoop out coop, or what? What do they actually need for housing v.s. chickens if I shouldn't keep them together BC of litter method?Incidentally, if I could keep all in one coop and use deep litter, that would b the best for me..no need for any advice not to keep together for other issues..a lot have said don't keep w chix for numerous other issues, but im noticing that many of the suggestions in other posts make it amazing that so many of the old farmers ever raised anything at all..lol....never feed corn ,etc....tho I don't feed anything but all flock..which, as with other "modern" foods, is mostly corn anyway..lol. But I digress.. Anyway, any help is appreciated..
