What are the chances of my eggs being fertile? 1 drake to 2 hens ratio

[Frodo the Pekin]

Where’s the pictures? Lol
Congrats!!

Thank you!! Here they are, the brownish one on the left (the one with more brown on her head) is Roach, and the one with more of a black and yellow combo is Bee.

I just tried vent sexing them and while Roach is certainly female I could not really tell in Bee's case. It looked bumpier but no penis came out, but I am going to assume that Bee might be a male. Even his coloring looks male lol, wouldn't you say? They are half rouen and half pekin (mom's the rouen) and I think that one could also tell the sex by their coloring? Roach looks more like a female with that duller brown (which she actually is, as per my lil vent sexing session) , and Bee is darker and also seemingly bigger. But the perfect scenario would be that they're both girls

 

[Miss Lydia]

They are adorable

As for sex you’ll just have to wait like most of us do. Enjoy those little ones they grow up so fast.

 

[Feathered Friend 252]

Hi! So I have ducks. 2 drakes and 2 hens (lost 2 of my other hens to foxes in the spring,hence the reduced number of hens). All raised together since ducklinghood.

A couple of weeks past, I separated one of the drakes from the flock, due to fighting, leaving a better yet still not ideal, I know, ratio of 1 drake to 2 hens. Now, I have seen the 'banished' drake mate with one of the hens prior to me separating him, and the other drake would breed with the other hen, in a monogamous way. I thought the drake left with the flock would start breeding with the other hen now that he had them both for himself, yet I do not remember ever catching them in the act while they were free ranging during the day. They might have done it while in the coop though, right? So that would give me fertile eggs from both hens.

Because just yesterday I put 5 of their eggs under a broody chicken, hoping to hatch some ducklings, and I never once thought the eggs might have not been all fertile. And I have a feeling that most eggs are from the hen that might have not been bred with by the drake. So right now I'm kind of nervous :')

What do you think? Could the drake have 'remained loyal' to just one hen and not fertilise the other one's eggs? Are there any chances she might have mated with him while at night, in the coop? Thank you all!

I have 1 drake and 3 hens. When one of my buff orpingtons went broody this past spring, I took 5 duck eggs and slid them under her and 4 were fertile and hatched under her at 28 days. . I would say in my experience, there is a good chance your duck eggs are fertile. Below are: Mama Goldie, Dolly the “white” one on her back, Soley (black/wht), Puddle (pink beak) and we haven’t settled on a name for the last one yet… maybe Poppy. I believe its 3 hens and 1 drake)