Hi thanks for the welcome and the input, it's given me things to think about.
The run is just for when I'm not in, they are out in the garden (and in the house) when I'm home, which is most of the time. There's room to keep the chickens and ducks separate so I think they'll all end up being 'free range' but have their own area's too.
The ducks are now in a rabbit hutch with a lovely muddy area that used to be grass until they moved in lol. The current rain is helping with that too. I've sorted it today so they have free access to their paddling pool, although they don't seem to want to use it, maybe they are wet enough with the rain. The rabbit hutch is 1.2m x 60cm (2 x4 foot) and they are quite comfortable in there for now but I'm not sure if it will do them when they are fully grown. The duck run is almost 6 sq metres.
The larger duck is a Khaki Campbell and the smaller one I haven't a clue. A friend of a friend found it when it ran into her house (she lives near the canal). She had been watching the duck family slowly disappear to the minks and this baby was the last one and had been the runt. She looked out to see mum fighting off the mink and losing
She passed it to her neighbour who asked at work (she works with my sister) and eventually ended up with me. I've had it for three weeks now and looking at pictures on the net it must only have been a few days old when I got it. We got the khaki to keep it company and it has thrived since. Although it seems to have taken on the mother role as the Khaki follows it around wherever it goes! Could anyone tell me when I'll be able to tell what sex they are? It's awful calling them 'it' lol.
As for the sizing, working it out the Chicken run has got 3.7 metres of floor space, the chicken shed 3.3 metres. I don't think I need to knock off anything for the things that are in there as they just stand on them anyway lol. The bulk of the things are on a set of shelves which are less than a foot wide and they jump off and on, it's just wood and rolls of weed cover. Will the run be ok then? They have over a metre each and are out in the garden (almost 48 square metres) for most of the day. I think I will hold off getting any more as I don't want them to be unhappy!
I bought a small perch but they don't seem to use it. I can get my son to make some, could anyone advise me what size they need to be? We have lots of wood! Each time I have a peep in they are snuggled in the cases or in a corner of the shelves and they look comfortable, but that might be because they have no perches!
Ah well, I've gone on a bit again, sorry, I do tend to ramble!
More pics!
Although I will take another photo when the garden is tidy!
Flo