We were challenged by the realization that ducks and chickens might not eat the same feed store fare. And we were correct initially. Medicated feed for chickens is supposed to be unsafe for ducks.
But around 5 weeks old, the weather was warm enough for them all to spend most of the day outside and we were immediately presented with a solvable. How do you keep chicks out of duck food, and ducks out of chick food when they share the same run? I was prepared to build a separate run.
But an old hen at the farm supply explained that she has always fed her birds 22% game bird feed to ducks and chickens and never had a problem. So we decided that experience probably trumped web-wisdom. So far so good. Their about 11 to 12 weeks old now and doing fine. Eggs should be coming any day now.
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