Can you house chickeans and ducks
#6918528
07/02/20 10:47 PM
07/02/20 10:47 PM
|
Joined: Jul 2016
Posts: 1,482 Ne pa
Jerry Jr.
OP
trapper
|
OP
trapper
Joined: Jul 2016
Posts: 1,482
Ne pa
|
In the same coup? When I was younger I had good luck with chickens. However, I never tried to have chickens and ducks in the same coup. I built a coup for the chickens and thought that the ducks would roosts in there with them. Will they be fine together over the winter? Will they be ok together for about 6 months? Shed is 8' x 10'. We are looking at ~12 chickens and maybe 7 ducks. Might be less chickens. i know we will have some soup.
Big question! Can ducks and chickens house together in the same shed over the winter?
Time is more precious than gold if you know how to spend it .... but what do I know, I'm just a dumb farmer.~My Dad NRA LIFE MEMBER, Endowment Member
|
|
|
Re: Can you house chickeans and ducks
[Re: Jerry Jr.]
#6918547
07/02/20 10:58 PM
07/02/20 10:58 PM
|
Joined: Dec 2010
Posts: 34,761 Central, SD
Law Dog
trapper
|
trapper
Joined: Dec 2010
Posts: 34,761
Central, SD
|
Neighbor has been doing it for years.
Was born in a Big City Will die in the Country OK with that!
Jerry Herbst
|
|
|
Re: Can you house chickeans and ducks
[Re: Jerry Jr.]
#6918743
07/03/20 08:32 AM
07/03/20 08:32 AM
|
Joined: May 2011
Posts: 848 Michigan
coonlove
trapper
|
trapper
Joined: May 2011
Posts: 848
Michigan
|
My best solution for mixing ducks and chickens was to have the water supply outside of 2x4 wire so that they could only get their heads through to drink. A chicken will only go to water to drink-a duck will have ALL the water splashed out and gone 10 minutes after filling and then wonder where it all went until the next filling.
"I'm the paterfamilias"
|
|
|
Re: Can you house chickeans and ducks
[Re: Jerry Jr.]
#6918751
07/03/20 08:42 AM
07/03/20 08:42 AM
|
Joined: Dec 2010
Posts: 34,761 Central, SD
Law Dog
trapper
|
trapper
Joined: Dec 2010
Posts: 34,761
Central, SD
|
Chickens smell but ducks STINK!
Was born in a Big City Will die in the Country OK with that!
Jerry Herbst
|
|
|
Re: Can you house chickeans and ducks
[Re: Jerry Jr.]
#6919054
07/03/20 03:41 PM
07/03/20 03:41 PM
|
Joined: Dec 2013
Posts: 14,804 Greene County,Virginia
run
trapper
|
trapper
Joined: Dec 2013
Posts: 14,804
Greene County,Virginia
|
I would use nipple drinkers for your ducks and chickens. It may help pacify the ducks lives matter people. We have some old plasson brand nipples in storage that you are welcome to pick up. I don't want to pay for shipping.
wanna be goat farmer.
|
|
|
Re: Can you house chickeans and ducks
[Re: Jerry Jr.]
#6919080
07/03/20 04:20 PM
07/03/20 04:20 PM
|
Joined: May 2009
Posts: 3,009 ohio
tomahawker
trapper
|
trapper
Joined: May 2009
Posts: 3,009
ohio
|
Mine stay in the very same coop. Chickens up top ducks on ground. They figured it all out on their own. Sometimes ducks bully chickens and sometimes it’s the other way around. All of them drink out the same kiddy pool and eat the same feed out the same feeders. Don’t complicate things. Either way, get ducked up.
Last edited by tomahawker; 07/03/20 04:22 PM.
|
|
|
Re: Can you house chickeans and ducks
[Re: Jerry Jr.]
#6919087
07/03/20 04:28 PM
07/03/20 04:28 PM
|
Joined: May 2009
Posts: 3,009 ohio
tomahawker
trapper
|
trapper
Joined: May 2009
Posts: 3,009
ohio
|
Also, my feeders are frisbees and the ground. Don’t complicate
Last edited by tomahawker; 07/03/20 04:29 PM.
|
|
|
Re: Can you house chickeans and ducks
[Re: Jerry Jr.]
#6919395
07/03/20 09:32 PM
07/03/20 09:32 PM
|
Joined: Jul 2016
Posts: 1,482 Ne pa
Jerry Jr.
OP
trapper
|
OP
trapper
Joined: Jul 2016
Posts: 1,482
Ne pa
|
Thanks for all the replies. Gonna move them into the coup next week. Got a half dozen little ones that we have not let loose yet. Another 4 or 5 that are a little smaller and 8 guineas that just hatched this week. Oh, and the 3 other ducks that are still small. Thinking I should have built a bigger coup. Total of 18 chickens, 7 ducks and 8 guinea fowl.
2 to 3 of the bigger chickens are gonna be food since they are roosters. Gonna keep one since he is real nice. Can't wait for the next adventure!
Time is more precious than gold if you know how to spend it .... but what do I know, I'm just a dumb farmer.~My Dad NRA LIFE MEMBER, Endowment Member
|
|
|
Re: Can you house chickeans and ducks
[Re: Jerry Jr.]
#6919857
07/04/20 11:52 AM
07/04/20 11:52 AM
|
Joined: Jan 2008
Posts: 3,001 USA MN
Snowpa
trapper
|
trapper
Joined: Jan 2008
Posts: 3,001
USA MN
|
Just have a couple trio's of ducks but yes they live with chickens
Never Confuse Stupid With Crazy
|
|
|
Re: Can you house chickeans and ducks
[Re: Law Dog]
#6920407
07/04/20 11:43 PM
07/04/20 11:43 PM
|
Joined: Dec 2009
Posts: 20,241 The Hill Country of Texas
Leftlane
"HOSS"
|
"HOSS"
Joined: Dec 2009
Posts: 20,241
The Hill Country of Texas
|
Chickens smell but ducks STINK! No doubt- ducks and geese can somehow take in a 1/4 pound of food and convert it to 2 pounds of nasty. Give them plenty of room I say.
“What’s good for me may not be good for the weak minded.” Captain Gus McCrae- Texas Rangers
|
|
|
Re: Can you house chickeans and ducks
[Re: bblwi]
#6920421
07/05/20 12:08 AM
07/05/20 12:08 AM
|
Joined: Jul 2016
Posts: 1,482 Ne pa
Jerry Jr.
OP
trapper
|
OP
trapper
Joined: Jul 2016
Posts: 1,482
Ne pa
|
We are going to incubate some duck eggs. We have not had any yet and we let our chickens range so this will be a learning experience for us. Starting off with some hybrid eggs to see how ducks work out.
Bryce I did the chicken thing from ~12-17. I learned a bunch from it. Now, 20 years later, my wife calls me the chicken whisperer. Go slow and be nice to them. I got one hen that if I turn my back to her when she is on roost she will jump on my shoulder or head. Most of the others I can touch if not pet on the ground. The one rooster I can walk up to and pet and pick up. He is the one that we are gonna keep. He is good with the kids.
Time is more precious than gold if you know how to spend it .... but what do I know, I'm just a dumb farmer.~My Dad NRA LIFE MEMBER, Endowment Member
|
|
|
|
|