That doesn't mean nothing bad will happen in the future, though. Your drakes are very young yet. It only takes one attempt at mating for them to seriously hurt your hens.
Food for thought. They're your animals and you can do what you want. I wanted you to be informed.
Okay, it occurred to me because we were talking about the mating habits of drakes.
It's not recommended to house drakes and chickens together due to the fact that chickens vents are a one-way street and a drake has an actual penis, whereas a rooster does not. If a drake tries to mate with a...
The drakes definitely get more rambunctious in the spring, but my drakes only slow down slightly in summer and winter.
Are the chickens in with the ducks? Or separated?