It’s been over a week since our flock of ducks and chickens has had a chance to forage outside.
The ducks had been laying at a nice regular rate, but that stopped when they started being cooped up all day.
I suspect it’s the stress of spending too much time with the chickens that’s caused the slow down. Maybe a bigger coop or more privacy from the chickens would yield better results?
Ducks don’t like change…any sudden change can stop a ducks production…sudden food change,,, really anything!
Even something like not getting as much water as they are used to.
If you don’t have a bucket in your coop they can dunk their heads in that would be stressful to them also…
That’s where chickens have an advantage.. much more resilient to changes.