Eric Andrews on Nostr: Just had a first today. Introduced chicks we’d raised until juveniles in their own ...

Just had a first today. Introduced chicks we’d raised until juveniles in their own area into the permanent coop area with our juvenile Khaki Campbell ducks. The ducks were skittish and didn’t really want anything to do with the chickens. If the chickens got too close the ducks would pounce and chase them in anger. The chickens were faster and we’d raised chickens with ducks before without issue so I wasn’t worried. I figured the ducks just needed to realize the new crew wasn’t a threat. Fast forward to day 2 and we come home from town to find a dead chicken in the coop run and the other two are beat up too. The dead chick looked like it had been thrashed and stomped. Super fucking bummed. We took the chicks out and put them back in their own temporary area for now.
I don’t know if the ducks are just an asshole breed? (We always raised Blue Swedes which are sweethearts) I don’t know if the chickens just weren’t quite big enough to tell the ducks to back off?
I’m stuck with purge the juvenile asshole ducks altogether or let the chickens get bigger and try again. My young daughters introduction to fowl hasn’t been smooth to say the least 😖