My mom raised chickens and ducks before. And yes they can live together, if you raised them together when their very young. Here's a side note we once caught a young baby woodpecker, and we raised him with the chickens, and they became very good friends. True story.
HEELLP!!!! BECKY my hens have leg mites...its horrible looking ...what can I use to get rid of them . I use the DR on their body area and on the floor and nest boxes but it don't help with the leg mites ... you gotta any ideas ???? Please help..Linda in Florida
Fun Fact: Ducks have the most nutrition in their eggs, followed by geese") French chefs only use duck eggs in their pastries for that reason and also they have a better consistency :) Also, Baked goods have a richer flavor and texture, a golden color and stay moist longer when made with duck eggs. Also because of the protein baked goods made with duck eggs are fluffier and hold their shape better, making them excellent for gluten free baking.
My Mama had 4 ducks when we lived on our small homestead back in the 70's 80's. She called them SILLY WILLY BILLY & DILLY. Loved their antics and their eggs. I plan to get ducks for the homestead and once again you make me so happy to plan my homestead. Almost ready to build. I like your idea of having them stay in the garden.
Yes, that is fine if you have a lot of space. For someone keeping just a small flock in a small pen or coop then mixing ducks and chickens will be a disaster as the ducks will mess the place up, eat all the chicken feed, and bully the chickens. Free range is 100 percent fine to mix them, and also if the pen is really big.
Yes - I agree. Most people say you can keep them together, and although I have done it, I believe they are much better off seperate. Thanks for this video.
Exactly, you CAN do anything but is it the best for everyone involved. I try to keep the Homestead healthy and peaceful for all the animals. We all know the saying " birds of a feather flock together" those old timers know what they are talking about. ☀️❤️☀️
I just tried to introduce my baby ducks that I had bought to my bigger duck and he almost killed them, so I am so glad I came across this video and ur channel for that. I did not know that he would have reacted the way they did. This video is really helpful.
I’ve raised chickens an ducks together for over 12 years and they work GREAT together I totally disagree with this video as well as others who agree with me.
I’m sure it all depends on the coop too, I had a pretty big coop with areas that the chickens could stay out of the ducks’ space. I also wouldn’t feed them in their coop or give them water in their coops (ducks are too messy for that).
I mean if you raise chickens and ducklings at young age they will live together peacefully. But when you put a duck and a chicken in a cage when they grew up then it can be problematic
I’ve had chickens and ducks together for over 4 years they get along great, so I think it just depends on the breeds your have. In my experience they work great together but it could be different for other people. Great video
I've had ducks and chickens together for years. I started them as babies together. I've seen bulling both ways. I give chickens extra water up high so they have clean water. The chickens clean up the feed the ducks spill.
my favorite breed is the black east indies because they're small, so sweet and very beautiful in the sunlight!! Runners are pretty awesome too. They can't fly well and and lay so many eggs and they don't really care to swim for some reason lol
I'm so excited to be adding ducks to my new homestead!!! I just started a little less then a year then winter came so I only have my chickens. An owl ate half my flock though so I'm even smaller then starting off
Chickens and ducks can live together but there are a couple oddities. First, if there's water or even mud puddles around, for much of the day, the ducks will be there and the chickens won't. Secondly, if you have male ducks without duck females, together with chicken hens, all together, even if roosters are present, the male ducks will, um ... out compete, or maybe out harass, the hens in failed attempts to mate. The ducks, despite short legs, can run fast and are persistent. The almost unending male duck harassment can become annoying to both hens AND people. Enough already. They have different body shapes and leg lengths - physically, it doesnt work well. But that doesnt stop them trying - almost - all- day- long. Uggg. In this context, it might be more peaceful to just separate them.
A duck adopted us and I tried to mix her with my chicken's but she chased them and tried to peck them. I think she thought it was quite fun but I don't want my chicken's stressed so I keep them separate. Great advise and I love the blonde hair, very glam xxxx.
I love your videos. I have learned a lot from you in the past 2 years. I started raising chickens 2 years ago and ducks this past March. I hope to be able to get your book soon as I am a big fan of yours. Also wanted to let you know that you look amazing I'm not sure what you have done to loose so much weight but girl keep up the good work and awesome videos. Much love from West Virginia
GREAT VIDEO BECKY!! I was thinking about getting some ducks when we start our homestead in the spring. VERY informative THANK YOU, I appreciate your videos SO much!!
Remind me of the relationship between chicken, duck and donkey in my maternal grandparent's home, the chicken and duck share same food tray, so as you said, when duck was in the yard, the only thing chicken can do is stand by and watch the duck eating. Actually this is not problem, because most of daytime they don't stay in the yard, the food tray is not their main food source, especially in summer, they back for water or egg laying (chicken do this daytime, duck do this night time). We live on a small hill, the nearest neighbor is 100yrd away, we have corn field, vegetable field, peach field, tree field and small gardens around our house. Chickens and ducks have different preferred path and area around the house. They will back to the yard at sunset, then will be kept in different house night time. Usually sunset is also the time when the donkey back to the yard after a long or heavy haul, it gonna have some free time to walk around the yard, then ducks and chickens will stand side by side, watch the donkey eat all of their food. lol Subscribed because your video remind me of my childhood. Ducks not only bully chickens, some time even dare to steal dog's food. lol
Pekin ducks are very good eating because of their size especially if you finish them on corn they get a thick layer of yellow fat under the skin which if you render it off and save it is the best thing for frying potatoes in
I had this exact issue so I know for a fact she’s not wrong. It’s especially an issue if you only have drakes. It probably works fine sometimes but not even close to always.
We have Silver Appleyard ducks and a variety of chickens in the same small paddock, and they ignore each other. The ducks don't bully the chickens or vice versa. The chickens go into a coop at night. The ducks stay outside. There aren't many predators in NZ, but we may have to house them if we ever have ducklings.
I’ve raised chickens in ducks together in the same coop with very little issues. Granted we had a decent size coop with places for the chickens to perch.
Because it is one. She tries to sell you "plans" for rubbish cage made out of pipes🤦♂️ u dont need plans for it. Pretend to do helpful video and sell you something - disgusting
Hi Becky’s I love to look at your video so much and I would like to have some of the Call duck like yourself but I couldn’t find it anywhere, Where’s did you get your Call duck at ? Please let me know. By the way I live in Tennessee.😊
I've wanted to get some chickens again and some ducks and geese but after watching this video, I'm gonna keep the chickens in the coop and the ducks and geese can be roaming free. Can ducks eat rice? I used to have a bunch of chickens and they would devour their feeds so much that I have to give them rice on some days when I couldn't buy food yet.
I've seen many vids by other homesteaders who promote raising chickens and ducks together. The ducks actually protect chickens from predators. What about eating/harvesting/selling? Could you discuss this aspect of raising poultry? Thanks!
Ducks don't protect anything. Ducks are prey and get eaten by the same exact predators as chickens. As the old saying goes "birds of a feather flock together". That means they don't mix on their own. You can force them to live together. When my ducks and chickens are in the yard they are never together☀️❤️☀️
I’ve lived on a farm for over 50 years. We’ve always kept our ducks and chickens together with no problems. They stay in the same pen and house at night and also stay together when foraging in our yard. Our ducks are also very protective of our chickens.
I keep ducks, chickens, turkeys, guineas, and goats in the same pin, as long as you have multiple feeders and waterers and plenty of space for them to spread out, there is no problems!
I have a duck in with my chicks. I raised them together & he, Stevie after Stevie Wonder, does great. He's a Crested duck & gets along with everyone. He doesn't do what Becky said about her duck. In fact he's it backwards. He stays back & let's the chicks eat then he joins in. Yes all water gets dirty. I think the chicks do more then Stevie does. Bc they set on top of the rim of the water dish & poops in it. I've studied them very closely, when I set in my shop. It's not him. He hates getting wet. I tried to put a pool in the pen & he will not go near it. Don't know why? Well good luck, Chris from Missouri
I have ducks and chickens together. My chickens are much more aggressive than the ducks. I started out with a male blue Swedish who was being chased and treated badly. He stayed in my coop by himself for a while and then I added my feathered chickens and young ducks. He is being mr mom to the baby ducks. My chickens are more like raptors. I have 3 barred rocks, 3 Easter eggers and an olive egger. I think I have young roosters?
I am seriously considering adding Indian Runner ducks to my garden, but am concerned about the ducks eating the roots of the plants. Have you had a problem with this? If so, how do you protect the plants?
I kept all types of poultry together. Ducks, geese and chickens and game chickens. As long as you have enough space, the right number of females for each type of fowl. Rooster = 7 hens Drake = 5 hens Gander = 2 geese Never keep a pair unless they are geese. Roosters and drakes will over mate their single female. I keep a treo of geese as they don't like fighting in their flock and will stop the ducks and chickens from fighting. They also keep Hawks and eagles away. Chinese geese or tuft Roman geese are great. Ebden geese if you have eagles as ebden geese get 25 plus pounds. On average each duck eats 4 to 7 oz of food per day. I would recommend all breeds except piking ducks. They are good layers but you are right they eat way to much food and they don't free range very well.
well I have a big pen so they have room and I always let them out younger and they normally hangout near the water with the guineas but depends breed and if they were raised with the chickens
Hi Becky love your videos!! Really love your gardening once. I saw you make your own salsa! Anyway you could make a video showing how you make yours please x
i have no idea why but i have a female duck and male duck but the female duck walks with inverted feet and prefers to not walk at all. it climb into the small pond i made and it once fell in and couldn’t get out all night. i really want duck eggs and it’s slowly dawning on me it probably won’t happen. Any suggestions?
I've had chickens and ducks in same yard fine. They just slept somewhere differently and I'd feed them all by just scattering pellets about so they ducks weren't getting more than the chickens.
How do you keep them from flying around? Thinking about getting a pair of ducks to add to our backyard “farm” but afraid of them just flying out of the fence and never coming back
Great video, of course! How do you know if you can eat those duck eggs and if you shouldn't because they are fertilized? Especially because she isn't sitting on them all the time?
Hey Becky. I love your videos. You r 100% correct. They can live together but happier separated. I have done both. My question to you is have you raised chickens to eat? Do u have a video for that? I just bought chicks for meat. Not sure on a good diet for them until they r ready to slaughter and if I should keep them separated from my other chickens ?
Simple answer is Chickens don’t care about ducks and ducks cannot catch the chicken, you need to have different food kiosks for chicken and ducks, and they can live together in peace , atleast in my experience!
becy, my ducks flew south for the winter. they have lived with us for 7 months so scince they were babys. so tell me, do you think they are coming back in the spring? and also my ducks and chickens lived together all their life but as the ducks got older they got more agresive to the chickens.so this video helped a lot.
Nothing is a guarantee with Hunter another Predators out there but it's a possibility they could come back. Chickens and ducks act a certain way overall but just like anything else they do have personality traits individually. ducks and chickens can live together while having problems it's just matters the duck the chicken and how much space you give them
I think it is the female that determines where they go to hatch out the spring babies. Sometimes they join up with a group and stay together. You will have to wait and see. I say if they come back feed them what I say because food is a good reason to return☀️❤️☀️
We had a breeding duck pair when I was young. The mom would hatch a few chicks and if we didn’t catch it right away the parent (probably the dad) would drown all of them in the pool the same day.
Hi! ☺ I'm enjoying your video about ducks & chickens. I intend to finish watching it after x-mas errands! ☺ I'm anxious to share with you that I have 14 ducks, (13 Muscovy, & one Runner duck) living happily together with 4 chickens. If you're not familiar with either of those kinds of ducks; research them! I think you will enjoy it. Again, I will definitely finish watching your video. Happy Videoing! ☺☺😎😎
She doesn’t know much by how she’s feeding her ducks and chickens bread anybody who has farmed for a while knows that that shit chokes them it’ll absorb in the throat with the moisture you’re never supposed to feed them bread
If they have enough space and the food is spread over a wider area they will get along just fine but the only problem is if you have a drake and he tries to tread the chicken hens. Their reproductive organs are different and the hen could be seriously injured.
My family got 2 male full white ducks and 1 small chick and they get along but not with the other chickens pearl the chick is the weakest the duck(Donald, and Diamond)can move very well.
I believe ducks hatch out more because the likelihood that predators will get their babies is high. We lived on a lake and it was so adorable to watch 14-15 tiny ducks swim along following their mother. Sadly as the days and weeks went on there would only be three or four left. The snapping turtles & larger fish got them.
Someone has offered me ducks and I turned them down because I don’t want to house them with my chickens. I love ducks and would love to build them a small house near my pond. However, I do have a problem with hawks and owls. You’ve answered the owl issue, but do you have an answer to protecting them from hawks? Also, is anything needed to winterise their house?
In my experience, yes you can! As long as they were either raised alongside each as hatchlings OR if you have small duck breeds and large chicken breeds. For example, I have mostly Brahmas, Sussex, and New Hampshires and my ducks are Khaki Campbells and Calls. Other small ducks that go well with LARGE chickens: Welsh Harlequins, Magpies, and Mallards (but not Rouens). We also have an American Buff goose who is too much of a sweetheart to assert herself. If anything, we've actually observed the brahma rooster kicking ducks away from food. Feeding in two different areas of the yard helps alleviate any bullying. We put them all in a shed, drakes and all. The chickens roost, the ducks and goose bed down. Only issue is we can't have any silkies! This is because they can't roost and we don't want any drakes getting any ideas (duck rape will kill a chicken).
1:09 that chicken was like "what's your problem?!", feel sorry for her. Ducks can be even rounder and have round beaks, but they're terrifying when they attack
I am uncertain what you are saying. I believe you are saying 'runner' ducks, tall & lean. But, what is the smaller ones? Thanks for the video. I purchased 3 ducks (believe to be runner's, tall & lean) when I purchased the chicks. I will seperate soon!
My mom has Cayuga ducks (the all black ones) and they definitely run the show. They'll go after the dogs if the dogs get too close to them. Kinda funny to see a big dog run from a duck.
My mom raised chickens and ducks before. And yes they can live together, if you raised them together when their very young. Here's a side note we once caught a young baby woodpecker, and we raised him with the chickens, and they became very good friends. True story.
Score Moore ya they can live together
My chicks and ducks get along good
HEELLP!!!! BECKY my hens have leg mites...its horrible looking ...what can I use to get rid of them . I use the DR on their body area and on the floor and nest boxes but it don't help with the leg mites ... you gotta any ideas ???? Please help..Linda in Florida
@@lindahilger8488 smash Tide pods in a bucket and rub it on the chickens legs. It will work.
Linda Hilger diatomaceous earth white food grade. Works well. Also putting apple cider vinegar in their water.
If ducks and chickens lived together at a young age since birth yes they
will see each other as siblings
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Fun Fact: Ducks have the most nutrition in their eggs, followed by geese") French chefs only use duck eggs in their pastries for that reason and also they have a better consistency :) Also, Baked goods have a richer flavor and texture, a golden color and stay moist longer when made with duck eggs. Also because of the protein baked goods made with duck eggs are fluffier and hold their shape better, making them excellent for gluten free baking.
Yep
Good to know 😮🙂
My Mama had 4 ducks when we lived on our small homestead back in the 70's 80's. She called them SILLY WILLY BILLY & DILLY. Loved their antics and their eggs. I plan to get ducks for the homestead and once again you make me so happy to plan my homestead. Almost ready to build. I like your idea of having them stay in the garden.
We have kept chickens,ducks, and turkeys together for years. It doesn't present a problem. Even geese will live together.
Yes, that is fine if you have a lot of space. For someone keeping just a small flock in a small pen or coop then mixing ducks and chickens will be a disaster as the ducks will mess the place up, eat all the chicken feed, and bully the chickens. Free range is 100 percent fine to mix them, and also if the pen is really big.
Turducken at your house!!!
Yes - I agree. Most people say you can keep them together, and although I have done it, I believe they are much better off seperate. Thanks for this video.
Exactly, you CAN do anything but is it the best for everyone involved. I try to keep the Homestead healthy and peaceful for all the animals. We all know the saying " birds of a feather flock together" those old timers know what they are talking about. ☀️❤️☀️
I just tried to introduce my baby ducks that I had bought to my bigger duck and he almost killed them, so I am so glad I came across this video and ur channel for that. I did not know that he would have reacted the way they did. This video is really helpful.
Our ducks live with the goats lol
Sayles Adventure same lol
Same
Same
My goats chickens and ducks live togther lol seem to all get along, beside my serhman Roosters, my Magpie ducks don't like the little guys
I'm surprised how many people actually keep ducks with goats oh well if it works it works
I’ve raised chickens an ducks together for over 12 years and they work GREAT together I totally disagree with this video as well as others who agree with me.
I got the same story about chickens and turkeys. Raised those together no problems.
You disagree with others who agree with you?
It's WHO'S raising THEM!!!
I’m sure it all depends on the coop too, I had a pretty big coop with areas that the chickens could stay out of the ducks’ space. I also wouldn’t feed them in their coop or give them water in their coops (ducks are too messy for that).
I mean if you raise chickens and ducklings at young age they will live together peacefully. But when you put a duck and a chicken in a cage when they grew up then it can be problematic
I’ve had chickens and ducks together for over 4 years they get along great, so I think it just depends on the breeds your have. In my experience they work great together but it could be different for other people. Great video
What breed of ducks do you have?
trixsta54 Malards, pekins, and jumbo Pekins.
I agree with you becky don’t know
Thank you. I'm researching what breed of ducks and chickens will be best for our 10 acres and will get along with chickens because we want both.
trixsta54 I have some helpful videos on my channel for that, we’re actually starting to hatch some baby chicks out ourselves soon! Exciting
I've had ducks and chickens together for years. I started them as babies together. I've seen bulling both ways. I give chickens extra water up high so they have clean water. The chickens clean up the feed the ducks spill.
Hi how are you doing today.
my favorite breed is the black east indies because they're small, so sweet and very beautiful in the sunlight!! Runners are pretty awesome too. They can't fly well and and lay so many eggs and they don't really care to swim for some reason lol
I like the fiesty runner ducks on the farm. If I had a smaller place I would go with the Call ducks or the Sweet Indies you talk about☀️❤️☀️
I'm so excited to be adding ducks to my new homestead!!! I just started a little less then a year then winter came so I only have my chickens. An owl ate half my flock though so I'm even smaller then starting off
#farm life ,#animal life # Becky's fairy tale farm life .A life that does wonders for ur physical and mental wellbeing .
#Beckysfairytalefarmlife hahaha I like that one thanks so much❤️💋
You’re just the sweetest woman, Becky! Keep up the good work, girl 🤩🙌🏾
Chickens and ducks can live together but there are a couple oddities.
First, if there's water or even mud puddles around, for much of the day, the ducks will be there and the chickens won't.
Secondly, if you have male ducks without duck females, together with chicken hens, all together, even if roosters are present, the male ducks will, um ... out compete, or maybe out harass, the hens in failed attempts to mate. The ducks, despite short legs, can run fast and are persistent. The almost unending male duck harassment can become annoying to both hens AND people.
Enough already. They have different body shapes and leg lengths - physically, it doesnt work well. But that doesnt stop them trying - almost - all- day- long. Uggg.
In this context, it might be more peaceful to just separate them.
You should always try to keep a 1 drake to 3 duck hen ratio if you have multiple birds
A duck adopted us and I tried to mix her with my chicken's but she chased them and tried to peck them. I think she thought it was quite fun but I don't want my chicken's stressed so I keep them separate. Great advise and I love the blonde hair, very glam xxxx.
I love your videos. I have learned a lot from you in the past 2 years. I started raising chickens 2 years ago and ducks this past March. I hope to be able to get your book soon as I am a big fan of yours. Also wanted to let you know that you look amazing I'm not sure what you have done to loose so much weight but girl keep up the good work and awesome videos. Much love from West Virginia
GREAT VIDEO BECKY!! I was thinking about getting some ducks when we start our homestead in the spring. VERY informative THANK YOU, I appreciate your videos SO much!!
My duck was harassing my hens and I had to remove it. I agree with the lady’s video
Remind me of the relationship between chicken, duck and donkey in my maternal grandparent's home, the chicken and duck share same food tray, so as you said, when duck was in the yard, the only thing chicken can do is stand by and watch the duck eating. Actually this is not problem, because most of daytime they don't stay in the yard, the food tray is not their main food source, especially in summer, they back for water or egg laying (chicken do this daytime, duck do this night time). We live on a small hill, the nearest neighbor is 100yrd away, we have corn field, vegetable field, peach field, tree field and small gardens around our house. Chickens and ducks have different preferred path and area around the house. They will back to the yard at sunset, then will be kept in different house night time. Usually sunset is also the time when the donkey back to the yard after a long or heavy haul, it gonna have some free time to walk around the yard, then ducks and chickens will stand side by side, watch the donkey eat all of their food. lol Subscribed because your video remind me of my childhood. Ducks not only bully chickens, some time even dare to steal dog's food. lol
I've had chickens, ducks, geese, turkeys, and peacocks together.
Pekin ducks are very good eating because of their size especially if you finish them on corn they get a thick layer of yellow fat under the skin which if you render it off and save it is the best thing for frying potatoes in
Same night time sleep area - NO
Free roam grazing during day- OK
Why
My ducks put themselves to bed. I just lock them in. So why the NO?
I had this exact issue so I know for a fact she’s not wrong. It’s especially an issue if you only have drakes. It probably works fine sometimes but not even close to always.
We have Silver Appleyard ducks and a variety of chickens in the same small paddock, and they ignore each other. The ducks don't bully the chickens or vice versa. The chickens go into a coop at night. The ducks stay outside. There aren't many predators in NZ, but we may have to house them if we ever have ducklings.
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This is just as interesting for city Folk! Great job
I’ve raised chickens in ducks together in the same coop with very little issues. Granted we had a decent size coop with places for the chickens to perch.
And my chickens were good at standing up for themselves and the ducks didn’t really harass them.
My chickens are pushy to my ducks, but actually do well together
I used to have ducks and chickens together, no problems at all!
Why does she sound like she’s sponsoring a low budget add
Carol Baskin from The Chicken King!
Because this is a low-budget video?
Because it is one. She tries to sell you "plans" for rubbish cage made out of pipes🤦♂️ u dont need plans for it. Pretend to do helpful video and sell you something - disgusting
Hi Becky’s
I love to look at your video so much and I would like to have some of the Call duck like yourself but I couldn’t find it anywhere, Where’s did you get your Call duck at ? Please let me know. By the way I live in Tennessee.😊
It was hilarious the way the ducks ran out of the coop... "Let's make a run for it. GO!"
Hahaha they do that every AM ☀️❤️☀️
Great video, Becky! Thanks for sharing.
Hi how are you doing today
I raised chickens and then got some ducks if the ducks are younger but they are together but they go into different coops
I've wanted to get some chickens again and some ducks and geese but after watching this video, I'm gonna keep the chickens in the coop and the ducks and geese can be roaming free. Can ducks eat rice? I used to have a bunch of chickens and they would devour their feeds so much that I have to give them rice on some days when I couldn't buy food yet.
I've seen many vids by other homesteaders who promote raising chickens and ducks together. The ducks actually protect chickens from predators. What about eating/harvesting/selling? Could you discuss this aspect of raising poultry? Thanks!
Ducks don't protect anything. Ducks are prey and get eaten by the same exact predators as chickens. As the old saying goes "birds of a feather flock together". That means they don't mix on their own. You can force them to live together. When my ducks and chickens are in the yard they are never together☀️❤️☀️
I’ve lived on a farm for over 50 years. We’ve always kept our ducks and chickens together with no problems. They stay in the same pen and house at night and also stay together when foraging in our yard. Our ducks are also very protective of our chickens.
I keep ducks, chickens, turkeys, guineas, and goats in the same pin, as long as you have multiple feeders and waterers and plenty of space for them to spread out, there is no problems!
My one chicken kicks them all over the place.. and there are 12 of them and one of her.
Love your videos, awesome advice as I was thinking about getting ducks with my chickens as I am limited on space!
I have a duck in with my chicks. I raised them together & he, Stevie after Stevie Wonder, does great. He's a Crested duck & gets along with everyone. He doesn't do what Becky said about her duck. In fact he's it backwards. He stays back & let's the chicks eat then he joins in. Yes all water gets dirty. I think the chicks do more then Stevie does. Bc they set on top of the rim of the water dish & poops in it. I've studied them very closely, when I set in my shop. It's not him. He hates getting wet. I tried to put a pool in the pen & he will not go near it. Don't know why?
Well good luck,
Chris from Missouri
stilcrazychris I really like your opinion, I am going to research more about it!
I have ducks and chickens together. My chickens are much more aggressive than the ducks. I started out with a male blue Swedish who was being chased and treated badly. He stayed in my coop by himself for a while and then I added my feathered chickens and young ducks. He is being mr mom to the baby ducks. My chickens are more like raptors. I have 3 barred rocks, 3 Easter eggers and an olive egger. I think I have young roosters?
Your too cute Becky. Love watching you. Beautiful ducks. Thank you for sharing sweetie.
💒💗🌻
@Becca yes!
I am seriously considering adding Indian Runner ducks to my garden, but am concerned about the ducks eating the roots of the plants. Have you had a problem with this? If so, how do you protect the plants?
God bless your farmhouse
I kept all types of poultry together.
Ducks, geese and chickens and game chickens.
As long as you have enough space, the right number of females for each type of fowl.
Rooster = 7 hens
Drake = 5 hens
Gander = 2 geese
Never keep a pair unless they are geese.
Roosters and drakes will over mate their single female.
I keep a treo of geese as they don't like fighting in their flock and will stop the ducks and chickens from fighting. They also keep Hawks and eagles away.
Chinese geese or tuft Roman geese are great. Ebden geese if you have eagles as ebden geese get 25 plus pounds.
On average each duck eats 4 to 7 oz of food per day.
I would recommend all breeds except piking ducks.
They are good layers but you are right they eat way to much food and they don't free range very well.
well I have a big pen so they have room and I always let them out younger and they normally hangout near the water with the guineas but depends breed and if they were raised with the chickens
also all my birds are coop trained so they go right in
Yes they can live together I live near a pond with chickens and ducks there’s also baby crabs in the mud and grown crabs
Hi Becky love your videos!! Really love your gardening once. I saw you make your own salsa! Anyway you could make a video showing how you make yours please x
i have no idea why but i have a female duck and male duck but the female duck walks with inverted feet and prefers to not walk at all. it climb into the small pond i made and it once fell in and couldn’t get out all night. i really want duck eggs and it’s slowly dawning on me it probably won’t happen. Any suggestions?
Chicken and duck have the best bond ever lol. 😂
I really wish subtitle or closed-captioning could be added to the videos. I can't hear very well and I want to learn about the country life
I've had chickens and ducks in same yard fine. They just slept somewhere differently and I'd feed them all by just scattering pellets about so they ducks weren't getting more than the chickens.
Great video Becky. I was just thinking the other day about maybe getting a couple of ducks at some point. Thanks for the info and tips
How do you keep them from flying around? Thinking about getting a pair of ducks to add to our backyard “farm” but afraid of them just flying out of the fence and never coming back
I have two ducks, from what I have noticed, as long as they have food, water, they will stay. They have no reason to leave.
I love watching her ❤️😘🤗
Becky how do I get rid of leg mites..i use DR everywhere but still got leg mites ...any ideas...Linda in Florida
Great video, of course! How do you know if you can eat those duck eggs and if you shouldn't because they are fertilized? Especially because she isn't sitting on them all the time?
Hey Becky. I love your videos. You r 100% correct. They can live together but happier separated. I have done both. My question to you is have you raised chickens to eat? Do u have a video for that? I just bought chicks for meat. Not sure on a good diet for them until they r ready to slaughter and if I should keep them separated from my other chickens ?
Of course they get along I used to raise them both a couple of years ago and they were pretty good friends
my duck and chicken haven't fought with eachother in a long time but they do stick together
When I put one of my chickens with 2duck it did not hurt him and when I picked 2ordered Chickens it hurt the both of them
I raised peackoks ducks and chickens together plus 2 guises I never see any problems in a big corral whit access to the little lake
Simple answer is Chickens don’t care about ducks and ducks cannot catch the chicken, you need to have different food kiosks for chicken and ducks, and they can live together in peace , atleast in my experience!
becy, my ducks flew south for the winter. they have lived with us for 7 months so scince they were babys. so tell me, do you think they are coming back in the spring? and also my ducks and chickens lived together all their life but as the ducks got older they got more agresive to the chickens.so this video helped a lot.
Nothing is a guarantee with Hunter another Predators out there but it's a possibility they could come back. Chickens and ducks act a certain way overall but just like anything else they do have personality traits individually. ducks and chickens can live together while having problems it's just matters the duck the chicken and how much space you give them
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I think it is the female that determines where they go to hatch out the spring babies. Sometimes they join up with a group and stay together. You will have to wait and see. I say if they come back feed them what I say because food is a good reason to return☀️❤️☀️
both female btw.
also dont ducks suffer from depresion if alone
We had a breeding duck pair when I was young. The mom would hatch a few chicks and if we didn’t catch it right away the parent (probably the dad) would drown all of them in the pool the same day.
Very informative, thanks for sharing..
Hi! ☺ I'm enjoying your video about ducks & chickens. I intend to finish watching it after
x-mas errands! ☺ I'm anxious to share with you that I have 14 ducks, (13 Muscovy, & one Runner duck) living happily together with 4 chickens. If you're not familiar with either of those kinds of ducks; research them! I think you will enjoy it. Again, I will definitely finish watching your video. Happy Videoing! ☺☺😎😎
These videos are great!
becky, where did you get the material for the top of your coop?
She doesn’t know much by how she’s feeding her ducks and chickens bread anybody who has farmed for a while knows that that shit chokes them it’ll absorb in the throat with the moisture you’re never supposed to feed them bread
If they have enough space and the food is spread over a wider area they will get along just fine but the only problem is if you have a drake and he tries to tread the chicken hens. Their reproductive organs are different and the hen could be seriously injured.
Also they can get along cuz we had Chickens and 2 ducks they never bothered to care bout each other or even acknowledge they exist
My family got 2 male full white ducks and 1 small chick and they get along but not with the other chickens pearl the chick is the weakest the duck(Donald, and Diamond)can move very well.
Great video. Thanks for sharing your knowledge!
I believe ducks hatch out more because the likelihood that predators will get their babies is high. We lived on a lake and it was so adorable to watch 14-15 tiny ducks swim along following their mother. Sadly as the days and weeks went on there would only be three or four left. The snapping turtles & larger fish got them.
Your. videos excite me so much Becky. I watch all of them at least 4 times each!! Maybe more lol.
I'm so glad I can bring a little sunshine into your life☀️❤️☀️
Can you please make a video on Chicken Peepers? If the peeper goes in the chickens nostrils, how do they breathe?
Someone has offered me ducks and I turned them down because I don’t want to house them with my chickens. I love ducks and would love to build them a small house near my pond. However, I do have a problem with hawks and owls. You’ve answered the owl issue, but do you have an answer to protecting them from hawks? Also, is anything needed to winterise their house?
Becky I love your channel, you are so informative. Thanks so much, God Bless.
I'm here for the papa smurf costume
Ours lived together fine. We had Red and Black Sex Links and Moscovy and Ruen ducks. They never fussed at each other.
My chickens and ducks live together very well and the ducks wait for the chickens to finish eating before they do and never peck or chase them
In my experience, yes you can! As long as they were either raised alongside each as hatchlings OR if you have small duck breeds and large chicken breeds. For example, I have mostly Brahmas, Sussex, and New Hampshires and my ducks are Khaki Campbells and Calls. Other small ducks that go well with LARGE chickens: Welsh Harlequins, Magpies, and Mallards (but not Rouens). We also have an American Buff goose who is too much of a sweetheart to assert herself. If anything, we've actually observed the brahma rooster kicking ducks away from food. Feeding in two different areas of the yard helps alleviate any bullying. We put them all in a shed, drakes and all. The chickens roost, the ducks and goose bed down. Only issue is we can't have any silkies! This is because they can't roost and we don't want any drakes getting any ideas (duck rape will kill a chicken).
1:09 that chicken was like "what's your problem?!", feel sorry for her. Ducks can be even rounder and have round beaks, but they're terrifying when they attack
Giants if they were real: Nah.
I am uncertain what you are saying. I believe you are saying 'runner' ducks, tall & lean. But, what is the smaller ones? Thanks for the video. I purchased 3 ducks (believe to be runner's, tall & lean) when I purchased the chicks. I will seperate soon!
Do the runners and 'call' (sp?) ducks coexist peacefully together?
My mom has Cayuga ducks (the all black ones) and they definitely run the show. They'll go after the dogs if the dogs get too close to them. Kinda funny to see a big dog run from a duck.
My ducks chase FiFi and Mario☀️❤️☀️
I love pekin ducks they are cute and chubby
My duck is so friendly to the chikens ❤
really information packed
Funny you post this. Just the other I was thinking can chickens and goats coexist in same pen?
thank you for this informative video.
I jisy syatyed watching and i was wondering how much land do you have on your homestead
The domestic call ducks in the UK are well named. They never shut up but are cute nevertheless as pets only.
I have chickens ducks turkeys and ginny's and cats and dogs they all live together fine.
very informative. Didn't know ducks and chickens are best separate. What do you think about ducks and geese together?
Geese will rule the pack☀️❤️☀️
my ducks attacks my only chicken. what do i do? the chicken is literally bleeding from all the feathers being torn apart by my ducks.
Ducks aren’t supposed to have bread… 😳
I think I'm totally crushing on Becky.
thanks for the video and info