Can you house chicks and ducklings together?

Answer 1

I have laying hens and ducks and they all live together in one coop. I haven't had a problem with them.

yes they can

I would say yes, I have drakes, and hen ducks living right in with my chickens. and do not have a problem. In fact one of the drakes thinks it's a chicken. He was raised from a baby with the baby chickens we got over a year ago. I also have 8 more ducks besides lucky ducky {thinks he is chicken} all living with 175 laying hens.

Yes they can, and will also sit on each others eggs if you require a foster mum. However, in my experience only the females will get on well... a rooster and a drake living together can cause problems.

YES! they can I used to have them together and they lived fine together and the hens still laid their eggs but it helps I found it helps out if you stack some hay bushels and put like some milk crates up on them with some hay in them and the chickens will lay there and that also makes sure the ducks wont step on the eggs by mistake (hope I helped)

Once I had a hen that was pregnant and it always acted funny around my duck and after it laid its eggs it killed my favorite duck. I was so mad I kicked the hen. so I'd say no!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

More on thisDucks and chickens do indeed get along fine, some squabbling happens but for the most part the birds enjoy or at least tolerate each other. Eggs can be hatched between species and the young often can be raised by whatever mother was sitting on the nest at the time. A young chicken will often enter the water along with it's "siblings" when the ducklings are first introduced to swimming.

Answer 2

Ducks are gerally more aggresive and tend to peck chickens, and cause neither the ducks or the chickens to lay. I wouldn't recomend keeping them together. Though several species of ducks can settle down with chickens, especially if you have more chickens then ducks, and perhaps you have had the chickens longer, I see this behavior in my animals at home.

Answer 3

I have mine together with no problems but ducks are separated at night..someone told me that was the best so I've never let them stay together at night.. I just have a lil boxed in area in my coop I put my two silkie ducks in at night..

Answer 4

Yes. Many small farms keep the two species in the same area's and even in the same coops. There are actual hybrids of chicken/guinea hen cross breeds. Guinea hens tend to gather in the quietest part of the yard and keep to themselves anyway.

Answer 5

If they are in a cage together, I would say no; if in a coop id say yes. Space is the answer.

Answer 6

Chickens, ducks, guineas and geese...all these seem to house together easily. My ducks share housing with my guineas and chicks, and have never had any problem.

Answer 7

Yes. However guineas will sometimes bully chickens a little when feeding and ducks scare them a bit when flying high. A rooster may receive injuries from a bossy guinea/vice versa.

Answer 8

no bunnies are carnivorous creatures that thirst for the blood of young chickens

Answer 9

They can and often do on small farms. Turkeys are fed a different type of feed than chickens but both birds will compete for whatever is available.