drakes

  1. M

    Hello there fellow chicken parents!

    Hello all! I'm just joining after almost two years of reading the blogs here to answer questions I've had while learning how to raise the chickens and ducks that I've come to be quite attached to. I'm sure I've made a share of mistakes along the way so far, but I have avoided quite a few by...
  2. A

    Trading drakes for hens or ISO hens

    We have 3 male runners (2 fawn white, 1 chocolate) and only 1 female runner (black). Due to the male female ratio, we are looking to trade drakes for hens or possibly even purchasing or adopting more hens. If anyone is interested in adopting a drake or two, please let me know. Note that they are...
  3. MisaF

    Female Duck on Female Duck Dominance or Should I Worry?

    Hi duck folks!! You may recall my posts about raising a singleton Indian Runner. Our little duckling turned out to be a female and once we were fairly certain we adopted an adult female duck to try to transition our single into a new duck life. I felt an adult in need of a good home would be...
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  4. M

    Trade drakes for hens

    I have five drakes I need to find new homes for. They are friendly, and very beautiful. I have one Welsh Harlequin and four Khaki Campbells. They’re still fairly young, about four months old. I love them so much but they’re starting to get aggressive with each other so I need to find new homes...
  5. K

    Rouen fights

    I have 3 drakes and 1 hen that are 5 1/2 months old. I’ve had no problems until 3 days ago. My smallest drake (Memphis) attacked my biggest (King Louie) and apparently tried to drown him. I didn’t witness this, but my fiancé did. Since then King Louie keeps to himself but close by the others and...
  6. O

    Muscovies or mules? Hen/drake?

    Hello, hoping someone with more experience can help me out here. I picked up 4 "muscovy" yesterday from a local farm. Now, its clear I have one gorgeous drake, as planned, and one lady duck (the buff/brown pair). I am less sure about the dark ones, which I was told were "nearly adult teenager...
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  7. Jennysuey

    Too Many Drakes

    Last year we started with two pekins and ended up with one male and one female. Then in February we lost our hen to a predator and rushed out and grabbed 5 new baby khaki campbells from our local store. Turns out we got 4 drakes and one hen. I know we have to get rid of the drakes, which stinks...
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    • drakes ducks hens
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  8. June Chick

    Breed Guesses?

    So, we got 4 ducklings from Tractor Supply a few months back, they were mixed breed/sexes... Three of them are drakes, and the female (mine) is the smallest. Her name is Hula and the breed guesses for when she was a duckling (first few pics) were Blue Swedish or Khaki Campbell - I believe she is...
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    • blue swedish breeds drakes ducks guessing khaki campbell mix
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  9. Lleal90

    Two drakes

    Ok so I have three khaki Cambell ducklings that I have had since they were two weeks old. I am pretty sure judging by the bean on their beak, in combination with the white bean and quacks, that I have two drakes and one female duck. Now I love all of them and do not want to get rid of any. The...
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    • drakes duckling khaki campbell
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  10. jbear697

    HELP: Questions about drakes... who stays, who goes?

    I have few questions as it is the auctions next week and I'm making decisions about my flock... I currently have 6 Muscovys (two drakes and 4 ducks) and 2 pekin mix drakes that all run together all about 5-6months old. firstly// one of my Muscovy drakes has had his tail feather pulled by one...
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    • auction drakes feather plucking help muscovy
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  11. AshleyNicole06

    Coops...

    What do you call use for a duck house? I need some ideas to build an easy one or find a cheaper one..that they can take shelter in. What is something to use on the flooring of the run?
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  12. AshleyNicole06

    Tagging Ducks

    Does anyone tag their ducks? I want to be able to tell mine apart... Any ideas??
    • AshleyNicole06
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    • baby drakes duckling ducks pekin white
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  13. AshleyNicole06

    Tagging Ducks

    Does anyone tag their ducks? I want to be able to tell mine apart... Any ideas??
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    • baby drakes duckling ducks pekin white
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  14. AshleyNicole06

    Drake Feather

    I have 4 Pekin ducks...when do the males start getting their drake feathers?
  15. AshleyNicole06

    Outside ducklings!

    How early can you put ducklings outside and stay out all night?
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    • babies drakes ducklings ducks outside
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  16. thegreenacrehomestead

    Odd behavior

    Hi everyone! I have 9 hens and 2 Drake's. Every time Drake 1 mates with a female drake 2 comes up behind them and starts plucking out/plucking at the hens vent feathers. It's always Drake 2 who plucks and pokes, never Drake 1. Is this normal? I'm thinking my ratio may be better at 9:1, but I...
  17. shannoncat

    Can I house a rooster and two drakes together with no hens?

    I had two roosters in a coop that were getting along fine until last week when I had to temporarily remove one to heal a foot problem he has. Now they will not get along at all and I don't have an ideal place to put my other rooster except for my duck pen, where my two drakes live. These guys...
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    • drakes ducks roosters
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  18. C

    Duck attacking hen

    I have a male duck who recently started attacking one of my hens. It started after I had to kill one of the hens that he grew up with (she was sick). I went to give this hen a bath and I found that not only was she bruised all over, but she has what looks likes scabs all over her back and under...
  19. AshleyNicole06

    Ducks fighting?

    Hi! Not sure.. But I have 2 drake Rouens that like to fight with my Cayuga. (Boy) im not sure if they are trying to mate eachother or fighting.. Yesterday I saw the Cayuga fight back for a first time.. And they really looked aggressive. What can I do? Why are they doing this?
  20. AshleyNicole06

    Bobbing

    Does anyone know what it means when ducks bob their heads?? My ducks do it all the time.. Lol
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