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| Steve Newport |
 Posted: Fri Apr 25, 2008 5:22 pm |
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Hi all,
Can you keep ducks and chickens together?
We have seven chickens and wondered about adding one duck into the
run.
Thanks
Steve |
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| Jill |
| Posted: Sat Apr 26, 2008 1:53 am |
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Steve Newport wrote:
Quote: Hi all,
Can you keep ducks and chickens together?
We have seven chickens and wondered about adding one duck into the
run.
Its not adviseable,
- Ducks need company of hteir own kind, they are also flock creatures, and
humans and chickens make poor ducks
- Ducks need constant fresh water for keeping themselves healthy, without it
they get serious eye and feather problems. If there is not a natural genetly
flowing water supply then this is a daily tip out and fill routine of the
chosen artificial pond. This requires an area of very good drainage as its a
lot of water to deal with on a daily basis. The ducks will love to dibble
and dabble in this area and it gets naturally muddy. No problem for ducks as
they can get themselves really clean, chickens cannot and end up collecting
the mud on their feathers, and transferring to bedding and eggs.
- Ducks will always go to bed rather damp and produce a vast quantity of
muck, this means their bedding is always dirty and damp, again not a
problem for them as they can get really clean first thing in their pond, but
it is a serious problem for chickens.
- Ducks are less productive and can get more nutrition from the outside if
the range is reasonable so should not be ad lib fed layers pellets which is
necessary for chickens and can cause problems in ducks.
- Ducks are more severe on a limited area of ground than chickens, and can
quickly turn it to mud.
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regards
Jill Bowis
Domestic Poultry and Waterfowl Solutions
Herbaceous; Herb and Alpine Nursery
Seasonal Farm Food
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