ducks and chickens in harmony

  1. sillyduckz

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  2. MolliMonster99

    Aggressive female runner

    Hi all! I have a flock of 5 runner ducks, 2 Cayuga ducks, 2 ISA brown hens, a golden dutch bantam hen and 2 polish bantam hens. This post is about one of my female runners, Hannibal. I hatched Hannibal and her 4 runner duck siblings back in 2021. There were originally 6 but one passed back in...
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    • duck aggression ducks ducks and chickens ducks and chickens in harmony runner duck
    • Replies: 15
    • Forum: Ducks
  3. P

    Rooster fancy’s duck.

    We have a whole flock of ducks along with 4 chicken hens and a rooster. They were all doing great together at first, until the rooster took a liking to my blue swedish duck. Now he is always trying to grab her by the head and stick her. I’m not sure what to do to stop this, I feel terrible that...
  4. R

    HI, new member, my farm is located in south jersey, DE area.

    1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? I first got chickens when i bought my 23 acre farm :) (2) How many chickens do you have right now? 40? (3) What breeds do you have? more breeds than i can count, my favorite are my silkies , and polish. (4) What are your favorite...
  5. Friendly_Lurker

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  6. 0ddaudd

    Male Duck Trying To Mate With Chicken Hens !!!

    Hey ! So around March of last year I got a Pekin duckling and two Rhode Island Red chicks. At the time, being a new poultry owner, I didnt think too much about the sex of the duck. I raised them all together and they lived quite peacefully together. But these last few weeks Eli (the male pekin)...
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    • drake attacking chickens ducks ducks and chickens in harmony mate mating problem mating ratio mixed birds mixed breed flocks pekin drake rhode island red hen
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: Managing Your Flock
  7. C

    intro post

    Hello, Have had chickens and ducks and one turkey for a couple years now. Did not start out intentionally, my neighbor had some that he just let loose. They decided to come live with me. I now have around 50 or so. 15 ducks (plus one sitting on a nest) 17 roosters (and counting-some we aren't...
  8. J

    New chickens

    We got 2 ducks from tractor supply co about 4 1/2 months ago and I was thinking that I could get 2 black Austrolorps and when the are big enough let them live in the same coop the Ducks are a Pekin and a Rouen duck.
    • Joey6392
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    • chicken duck ducks and chickens in harmony
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    • Forum: Ducks
  9. J

    Is this ok?

    A have 2 ducks that I got from tractor supply co about. 4 1/2 to 5 months ago and I was wondering if I can add some different breeds of chickens to the flock and if the ducks/chickens would get along Should I raise the chickens sepratly until they are big enough or will our 2 Peking and ruen...
  10. TheGreenManFarm

    Ducks Using Nesting Boxes?

    Ok, so I moved my 7 ducks & 42 chickens into the same house at Halloween. I built a row of nesting boxes on one wall, including a row along the floor because hey, why waste the space? Turns out the chickens LOVE the floor-corner nesting box... some days to the exclusion of all the others haha...
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    • ducks ducks and chickens ducks and chickens in harmony ducks behavior ducks borrowing nest! nesting boxes
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: Ducks
  11. Julielynn810

    raising ducklings and ONE chick

    Hi everyone! I just received my 4 welsh harlequin ducklings yesterday from Metzer Farms...but to my surprise, they included a baby chick as well. 1) Can I keep the chick with the ducklings in the brooder? 2) I've read that I'm supposed to supplement the ducklings with niacin, will this hurt...
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    • chicken advice duck advice ducks and chickens ducks and chickens in harmony ducks and chicks. pond ok for chickens? help ! raising a chick alone
    • Replies: 20
    • Forum: Ducks
  12. MizAmberLea

    Adding ducklings to a flock of 2 year old hens

    G’morning!!! So we have had our new adopted chickens- ten Rhode Island Red hens and one rooster, for a week now. They are all a little over two years old, and doing fine. We have a huge coop and run-and a smaller coop and run within it for our new ducks (that are on order, yet to arrive). Any...
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    • ducks and chickens in harmony
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    • Forum: Ducks
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