Yea, I think I may just go that route. Outfit a tempoary larger run to see what happens. I was just reading over the weekend through a Facebook group where most are adamantly against puttin chickens and ducks together because of the massive increase of the ducks picking up some illnesses from...
They are flighted, and the plan would be to outfit the combined run with the same perches that are in the corners of the aviary. But wasn't sure given that the hens would likely be interested in hopping up there as well.
Excellent point on size. 3 hens are smaller Barred Rocks, but I have 3...
I am seeing a lot of great information regarding ducks and chickens cohabiting, but I haven't seen anything specific to Wood Ducks. I have an aviary for my 2 woodies, and a large coop with large run for my 6 hens. I would like to combine the two to make room for some additional gardening, but...