The Accidental Smallholder Forum
Livestock => Poultry & Waterfowl => Topic started by: DippyEgg on April 12, 2020, 03:04:59 pm
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I would like to get some ducks, hopefully ducklings. I also have a cat and chickens. The chickens and the cat ignore eachother but when we first got the cat he chased the chickens. I assume they gave him a peck and told him off. But can ducks do that? Can they defend themselves against a cat?
He mostly catches mice and baby birds, but have got baby rabbits and pigeons before.
I also don't know if we're allowed to go and buy animals at the moment. Does anyone know? I suppose for me it's not really an "essential journey".
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I have known cats kill ducklings. Adult ducks should be fine and ducklings with a duck.
People are selling poultry at the moment. Farming continues and with it the necessary sale of animals. Personally though I wouldn't see getting a few ducks for a hobby at this time as an essential journey and not worth the risk.
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Thanks harmony :) No it's not an essential journey for me. But it must be really hard for the breeders if nobody buys their stock.
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It's hard for a lot of people with a lot of money sat in goods unable to trade. We hatch and sell a few ducks and chickens every year but we haven't switched the incubator on.