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RE: The Iris Chronicles (Embarrassing Homestead Challenge)
Such a sweet story! But I may have misunderstood something: the ducklings were not Iris's? Why was it a risk to put her in the same area with them?
We got the ducklings first at 1day -1week old. They weren't sure because they're ducks are mostly wild. Then we bought iris and barry from someone else. It is always possible that poultry or livestock you get could carry a disease and not be symptomatic yet. I believe most people wait at least a few weeks to a month before putting new poultry or livestock in with their other animals.
I see. Yes, that makes sense. I was also thinking that they might not get along well, seeing that they are complete strangers to the grown ducks.
That's always a possibility but we figured we could take them back out if need be! They immediately started acting like a little family haha The little ones would follow the bigger ones around. It was darn cute. Iris and Barry weren't full grown though only a couple months. Muscovies don't produce eggs until they are 6 months old.