Adding ducks to chickens?

[xx4truexx]

 

[Haunted55]

LOL!!! Awesome! Okay, by now you should have an idea what sex they are. The boys have a gutteral 'quake' while the girls have a more...well ducky quack, lol. Pekins are great until they get to the age of unreason or mating age. Once there they will go after anything that moves, including other male ducks and chickens. If a duck mates with a chicken you could have some major problems. Chickens are not built to accept a male duck. Shape or speed with which they do 'their thing'. [I'm trying to be nice here.] Pekin males can be very, very persistent with their 'wooing' and will run whatever strikes their fancy to ground.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/735616/saying-goodbye-to-mandy-long-and-graphic

You should read this. It explains things a lot better than I will here.

 

[xx4truexx]

thanks for the info! I did read that article, how sad. I would be so heart broken...I do only have the two ducks...do you think that he could kill her all by himself with all of his loveing, am I going to have to keep the ducks separate too?!?!?! We have made the day run pen for the ducks to keep them away from the chickens but still be able to see each other....I thought about maybe free ranging my chickens most of the time but then sometimes when I am home letting the ducks out to free range once they are full grown while putting the chickens in the pen to keep them safe from mister horny duck....what do you think?

 

[xx4truexx]

also I am pretty sure I have one boy and one girl as she is staring to honk and quack while he is quiet and calm...he also is starting to get one curled feather on his tail

 

[xx4truexx]

he is out of the pool and she is in it...

 

[xx4truexx]

Chicks want to tunnel into the duck pen hehe....

 

[xx4truexx]

 

[Haunted55]

Sweet! I have some ducks who are very happy with one mate and are real gentlemen with the mating. I also find the females are a little more interested than the males most times and can be really persistent with the chase. I personally feel you will be fine with the pair. Without other ducks, these two will bond and later, if you found you wanted to add more, the chances of problems from this drake will be small. Any new ones....well, it could become an issue, depending on the ratio of drake to duck with the new. I have a mixed flock of Mallards, Grand Pekins, Pekins, K Campbells and Silver Appleyards. I've seen some strange goings on....I have one little Mallard drake who thinks he's 10' tall and bullet proof. This little guy is always going after one of the Grand Pekin ducks. Yee Haw! Ride 'em little ducky! Seriously...this reminds me of the joke about the elephant and the flea. Here she is, running around the pen with this little idiot holding onto her neck, for all he's worth. Pretty soon, if I don't get there first, one of the geese will come over and pluck him off of her. Now this is some funny stuff, yes it is and no ducks or drakes were harmed in the making of this scenario, but it's still not ideal. My point, if you can't be there to ride herd on these guys all day, everyday, you don't want a squad of 'geese police', be careful of new additions and if possible separate them for a few months before adding them to your current ducks. Will this stop all of the problems? Oh heck no! They're ducks! They will find ways to 'get into trouble' and make you laugh, in more ways then you can think of. Enjoy!