Of course I am worried about my chickens. But I adopted the drake from a good friend and knew all about his behavior. He doesn’t even mate with all four ducks and the chickens are staying far away from them. The chickens also have access to the run through a tunnel the ducks haven’t figured out...
We are listing our house and moving in less than a month so adding an additional run for the ducks just doesn’t make sense but when we move, we’ll have a perfect set up for them.
The integration actually went perfectly because the chickens are so scared of the ducks they aren’t messing with...
My ducks are going to be here soon and I’m wondering what the best option is for introducing them. Should I let the chickens out into the yard while the ducks explore the coop and run? Keep everyone in the coop and run? Everyone free to go anywhere??
I think that’s a great idea.
I know chickens instinctively go to roost at night and then I close the coop up so I’m hoping the drake will lead his girls to safety at bedtime. Unless I will be crawling through the chicken tunnel from the run to the coop to get them in for the night 😂
Thank you so much!!! I don’t have a wire enclosure large enough for 5 full grown ducks so I thought about just letting them be in my yard together, or letting the chickens in the yard while the ducks explore the run and coop.
I have a serious dilemma. Here’s the backstory 😂
I currently have 12 chickens in a coop and run with plenty of room for more. I am adopting 2 ducks from a friend, but temporarily watching all 5 for her (one is a drake).
We are planning on moving end of April early May.
I am taking the ducks...