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

 

[JonB]

I'd separate them, as ducks are considerably messier than chickens. Ducks often grab a mouthful or two of feed, then walk over and wash it down with water. Ducks are much easier on a lawn, as they don't scratch like chickers do. They both have their pros and cons. If you never intended to kill/eat the ducks-why do it because they are acting like they're supposed too? Make them a run of their own or halve the one you've got if it's big enough.