- Apr 9, 2007
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I have 6 6-7 week old ducks and about 50 or so 10-11 week old chickens in a big pen. They've been in there since they could go outside. Just lately I'm wondering if they'll all be ok together-even if some of the ducks are male? I don't know what they are yet-at least some are females, but I'm not sure how many. when can I tell which ones are males? Will the males try to mount the chicken hens and if they are all too young, will anyone get hurt? What about putting my adult Swedish pair (male and female) into the pen at some point? I'd like to but don't want any hens getting hurt in the process. They all see each other 24/7, just the adults are in a separate small pen at the end of the large pen-(walls of each pen are touching.)
Lisa
Lisa