Call ducks. Names. Genders. I need your opinion!!

[CrazyChicken Lady]

Hey BYC! I need opinions......... I am buying Call ducks and I can't decide between A girl and a boy or two girls? ( Don't worry I have other hens so the drake won't be a problem ) What do you think? Also I need name Ideas!
And if you have any tips on call ducks I want them!
Thanks.

 

[Isadora]

Do you have an existing drake already? How many other calls do you have currently? Or do you mean hens it different breeds?

 

[CrazyChicken Lady]

No drake. No other calls. Five other ducks. Various breeds.

 

[Isadora]

No drake. No other calls. Five other ducks. Various breeds.

Are your other breeds larger? I was wondering if the call drake would over mate the lone call hen if the other females of different breeds were too large for him to mount.

 

[Duckbreeder2020]

Hey BYC! I need opinions......... I am buying Call ducks and I can't decide between A girl and a boy or two girls? ( Don't worry I have other hens so the drake won't be a problem ) What do you think? Also I need name Ideas!
And if you have any tips on call ducks I want them!
Thanks.

Are you combining your ducks you already have with the calls?

 

[CrazyChicken Lady]

Are your other breeds larger? I was wondering if the call drake would over mate the lone call hen if the other females of different breeds were too large for him to mount.

Some, but I have a few small-weight hens that he could probably mate with.

Are you combining your ducks you already have with the calls?

Yes I would be.

 

[Luv Ducks]

I had Mallard hens and Rouen hens and my Drake Mallard could mate all of them. I sold the Mallards but will be buying them back at the end of this month as they were only being used for a food study for a university. I now have two Muscovy babies that I am hoping are both girls. I loved my Mallards but they were not as friendly as the Rouens and I had to clip them the first season I had them. After that I did not. I would order mine pinioned as I did but they forgot to do it at Metzer Farms. This way you would not have to clip a wing to keep them from flying away. Good luck with your choice.

 

[CrazyChicken Lady]

I had Mallard hens and Rouen hens and my Drake Mallard could mate all of them. I sold the Mallards but will be buying them back at the end of this month as they were only being used for a food study for a university. I now have two Muscovy babies that I am hoping are both girls. I loved my Mallards but they were not as friendly as the Rouens and I had to clip them the first season I had them. After that I did not. I would order mine pinioned as I did but they forgot to do it at Metzer Farms. This way you would not have to clip a wing to keep them from flying away. Good luck with your choice.

I bought a trio of calls from someone on here. I will clip their wings.

 

[Luv Ducks]

I bought a trio of calls from someone on here. I will clip their wings.

The second season I had mine they were so happy that they never went anywhere even though they could of so I only had to clip mine once. Good luck with yours.

 

[addctd2plnts]

I have Call Ducks but I don't put them in with my Runners because I want separate breeding groups. I suspect they'd be terrorized by Indian Runners running everywhere LOL I have pairs of Call Ducks and a trio and both situations seem to work fine, although I didn't get eggs from one of the females in the trio. She might not be old enough though.