Breeding ducks Question

[saulsberry]

I have a mallard and a rouen male with my female khacki, white crested and rouen ducks.

Can a female duck have ducklings from two different drakes? Or will they choose one to accept and push out the other?

 

[Mrs.H]

I've only had one broody duck experience (both drakes Pekins) she hatched hers and my other females eggs, but with my chickens they would roll anyone's eggs to their nest that they could find lol!

 

[saulsberry]

Well I read wild ducks can reject the mating and expell the drake they dont want to mate with, but with ducks kept as pets, are they like dogs, can the females have eggs fertilized by both males.

Tmi,I am sure, but a wild mallard mated with my mallard female and she expelled it from her cloacha, and I have seen my females with goo hanging off their rear end too, so I just wondered if I am going to get mallard mixes, rouen mixes or mabey both.

I keep an eye on my girls time with the males, and keep the males separate at night and when I am not there to keep them from fighting and as soon as I let them out thats the first thing they do... even the females mount each other...its too funny to watch

 

[Kevin565]

There's various factors that can come into play but technically yes she could produce a brood from two different drakes.