Trying to introduce 3 week old call duck and 24 hour old Alsbury duck

[Siobhan4n]

Hi, I have a 3 week old runner duck, a one day old duck has hatched he’s had 24 hours on his own and I’ve tried to introduce them to each other (in a seperate cage so no one is being attached to his home)
The runner duck at first seemed scared then completely turned and pecked hard at the smaller duck, he pecked his foot so hard the poor thing fell over, I’ve separated them again now but how do I introduce them?
As they will eventually be living together?
How long should I wait?
So I keep trying for small amounts of time daily?

 

[Miss Lydia]

Place in the same brooder but make some kind of separation up so they can see each other. I had this situation last year when I had 3 week old Runners and Runners hatching so to give the young ones time to get up on their legs real good and time for the older ones to get use to the young ones. By end of first week with time together with supervision they were all piled on top of each other happy as can be. I used a piece of hardware cloth wrapped the edges in gorilla tape for safety and used it to separate the young one from the older 2.

 

[Siobhan4n]

Place in the same brooder but make some kind of separation up so they can see each other. I had this situation last year when I had 3 week old Runners and Runners hatching so to give the young ones time to get up on their legs real good and time for the older ones to get use to the young ones. By end of first week with time together with supervision they were all piled on top of each other happy as can be. I used a piece of hardware cloth wrapped the edges in gorilla tape for safety and used it to separate the young one from the older 2. View attachment 2107143

I might give this little guy another 24 hours on his own and then put them in the same brooder, but seperate....there is a huge difference in size between these two

 

[Siobhan4n]

So I’ve put them in the same brooder today and separated them with a net, the big duck is still trying very hard to peck at the little one
How long should I expect this to last?

 

[Miss Lydia]

Is the little one up at all yet? Make sure it’s good an sturdy on its legs and then try in a bigger brooder an see how that goes. It may take 3-5 days

 

[Siobhan4n]

Is the little one up at all yet? Make sure it’s good an sturdy on its legs and then try in a bigger brooder an see how that goes. It may take 3-5 days

The little one is amazing, he can jump never mind just run....will just have to keep going and hope they eventually get on x

 

[Miss Lydia]

Try them together in a larger area and put food an water down for them.