I just got five Pekin ducks a few weeks ago; had chickens and ducks growing up and have a “wild” pair of Pekins hanging around the stream and thought it would be fun to get some more. I just wanted the eggs basically, since Pekins don’t normally brood (and are horrible mothers when they do), so that is all you get normally. But then I realized that if you mix in a few chicken hens they will sit on the duck eggs :) I think I will get some chickens next year and see what happens. I live in a pretty wild area, with a good number of predators, but the wild pair of Pekins have been here for the four years I’ve lived here and are thriving. I built them a duck house a month ago, but they haven’t used it yet.
I've never seen a 'duck house' -what does a duck house look like? A large dog house?