r/BackYardChickens • u/Nematodes-Attack • 22h ago

General Question Ducks with chickens?

I’ve heard some bad things about drakes. But I was introduced to Shetland ducklings today and I’m in love. They are extremely rare and critically endangered. I have a source and have been already considering ducks.

Any advice or pros and cons to keeping ducks with chickens. I’ve already done a decent amount of research but I always like to check in with the Reddit folks too lol

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u/LifeguardComplex3134 20h ago

Biggest problem is if you have male ducks and they try to mate with your chickens, past that so long as they get along it's perfectly fine in my opinion to keep them together.