Hi,
We keep both chickens and ducks and one of our chickens recently abandoned her newborn chicks. Most of them died, but we managed to save one of them and she is now in a home-made brooder in our living room.
We have a duck who is due to hatch her brood any time now and I wondered if we could put the chick in with the newborn ducklings. Would the mother duck accept the chick? Has anyone here tried this?
We would be grateful for any advice. We don't want to put the chick in danger, but we really don't want to keep it in the brooder on its own for the next few weeks.
Many thanks
We keep both chickens and ducks and one of our chickens recently abandoned her newborn chicks. Most of them died, but we managed to save one of them and she is now in a home-made brooder in our living room.
We have a duck who is due to hatch her brood any time now and I wondered if we could put the chick in with the newborn ducklings. Would the mother duck accept the chick? Has anyone here tried this?
We would be grateful for any advice. We don't want to put the chick in danger, but we really don't want to keep it in the brooder on its own for the next few weeks.
Many thanks