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I had a pair fly away too, but they come back every spring to nest. Too bad my other ducks chase them off. They did have ducklings their first year - in the fall
You can house them with chickens, they will be fairly friendly if handled a lot when young, if you're using netting over the run you don't need to clip wings. I've kept 2 hens and 2 drakes before and it was fine. If you end up with 3 drakes, 2 will have to go.