What is this? Once they are large enough, they can share the chicken coop if you like, but since they will always be messy you might want to separate duck house for them. Make sure your duck house is secure from predators at night. Ducks love to free range.

Will free range ducks fly away?

Most domesticated duck breeds cannot fly. As breeders have created pet ducks with certain characteristics, they've bred out the ability to fly in many types of farm fowl. ... Thus for all these types of domesticated ducks, it isn't necessary to clip their wings in order to keep them from flying away.

Will ducks stay close to home?

Most ducks will get along with other poultry and usually stay out of the way keeping to themselves. Unless ducks are hand raised and given lots of human attention they will mostly remain quite flighty and afraid of people.