Raising ducks with chickens

[trciero]

I have 12 chickens and now 2- 4 month old khaki campbells. I got the khaki's because of their large tastey egg productions, but they have really made a mess for me. my free range chickens were no hassle eating their feed in their hen house without much of a mess. Now that I have the ducks they have to be fed outside which is drawing ants and then all day they venture in the hen house to make a mess of the chicken's water contaminating it with the food and spreading feed all over the floor of the hen house which has now caused a huge ant problem... any suggesting before I boil me up some Khaki?

 

[sumi]

Welcome to BYC

I haven't progressed past chickens yet, so I can't advice you, but here is an article on the topic with some tips:

https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/how-to-keep-different-poultry-types-living-together-in-one-coop

 

[bustedchicks]

Put the water outside of their coop and switch to the water nipples inside. You can also try a series of saucers to catch the spillage of water on bedding material. If you give the ducks a small pond they will occupy their time with that and only go in the coop at night.