1 male 1 female duck, 6 chickens helpppp

[jobyducks]

They will most likely fight each other, but they seem to have a good relationship with each other, so they shouldn’t do it to often. And if you were to get ducks you have a risk of both of them having a favorite which they would mount over and over again leading to prolapse and blood on the back of the neck of the favorite.

@sourland
@Miss Lydia

Oh my gosh I'm freaking out a little. I really thought I got lucky with both females until today when I saw the feather on the one. Ugh! What do you recommend I do? Just keep the boys separate and not worry about getting females for them?

 

[Quacking Pigeon]

The boys seem to be alright with each other. Have they been fighting? (Grabbing onto each others breasts and pushing each other?) If not they should be fine. I have 5 drakes with each other and some ducks, they don’t fight to often. They know who’s boss in the flock, the only time they fight the most is during breeding season.

And your better off getting other opinions on what you should do.

 

[jobyducks]

The boys seem to be alright with each other. Have they been fighting? (Grabbing onto each others breasts and pushing each other?) If not they should be fine. I have 5 drakes with each other and some ducks, they don’t fight to often. They know who’s boss in the flock, the only time they fight the most is during breeding season.

And your better off getting other opinions on what you should do.

From what I've seen, they'll kinda peck at each other when they're around the tin water bowl I have on the ground but other than that they just run around and flap their wings a lot haha. I wouldn't consider any of their behavior as mean. I will standby for some other responses. I guess I will have to start working on this duck house. They are about 3.5 months so I assume time is of the essence. I really love them so I wanna keep them I just want them to be happy and healthy

 

[Quacking Pigeon]

Ducks do love their water

 

[CayugaJana]

It depends on what you want. Do you have a lot of space? Can you get more sexed females?

 

[Table4Six]

Male ducks get along just fine together when there are no female ducks to fight over, of course there will be a pecking order and this is natural. But if you do want to get females I'd recommend getting about 8-10 females as from my experience 3 hens per drake is only doing minimum and could still risk over mating for the hen. I'd also recommend building a separate pen for your ducks, as it is highly likely your drakes will attempt to mount your chickens since there are no female ducks around. Very handsome young drakes!

 

[Soon2BChixMom]

I would definitely separate the drakes from the chickens because if they do try to mate, they can kill the chickens due to the differences in anatomy between the species.
I believe there are a few people on here who have drake flocks, but they will be more aggressive to each other during mating season. Unless one is severely overpowering the other (and not letting it eat or drink), they will be fine with their fighting.

 

[EggSighted4Life]

Here a a couple short clips of them quacking:
https://vimeo.com/user87077185

Ya... the white one mustn't have developed it's curly tail yet, but with the same sounding quack, I would agree both are drakes. Oh boy... how loudly can a female duck quack! They are hilarious.

I personally can't afford to add enough hens for two drakes... ducks are porkers compared to chickens. I might attempt to keep just them. Or I might try to find them new homes and start over... ordering females of breeds I was interested in...
http://www.metzerfarms.com/DuckBreedComparisonNew.cfm?affiliate=undef&CustID=21744711

 

[AElder11]

I am having the same issue. One of our Khaki Campbell’s is a drake. The other is definitely a female. But we have 4 laying hens. Well about to be laying. They’re all about 15-16 weeks. Since our drake has a female should I still worry about my chickens? From what I’ve been reading I think we’re going to have to build the ducks their own space even though they do all like being together thus far. Just not sure what to do for my babies.

 

[jobyducks]

I am having the same issue. One of our Khaki Campbell’s is a drake. The other is definitely a female. But we have 4 laying hens. Well about to be laying. They’re all about 15-16 weeks. Since our drake has a female should I still worry about my chickens? From what I’ve been reading I think we’re going to have to build the ducks their own space even though they do all like being together thus far. Just not sure what to do for my babies.

Based on what everyone else has said, it sounds like you need to separate them and also get at least 3 more female ducks. It's super unfortunate. I was hoping for 2 females and got 2 males... And at least once separated I won't have to get any more but that just means no eggs for me :-(