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How do you get old chickens and a rooster to get along with baby chicks and a peekin duck?
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∙ 13y ago
The only way to accomplish this is to separate them until the chicks are old enough to stay out of harms way. Allowing the chicks to socialize with the flock can be done with a temporary cage, the chicks are protected yet among the older birds. All flocks of chickens have a pecking order and there is no way to safely stop this, the more grown up your chicks are, the better able to handle the pecking and chasing until peace reigns in the hen house.
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 12y agoYou just have to put the new duck in and let the other ones pick on it. This should only last for a day. If it gets too rough you can separate they for a short time.
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