Can call ducks live with full size ducks

[The chicken nurd]

Hey so I currently have 3 duck hens a Rouen and two Muscovy’s and my friend needs a home for there call Duck would it be ok to add a call duck in with bigger bird
Also all three of my ducks live with my chickens

 

[Jerone1984]

Yes but be careful I would not put any big drakes with call ducks ever just because of the mating and aggressive behavior. I have my female crested pekin feisty she is old at 5 years and she has bonded to these calls. There is only one male in the ground the small black / white chested little male the rest are females. I always only keep 1 male per group because of the fighting. I have 2 other groups of calls that I breed and only 1 male per group they will fight at the pool sometimes lol when I let them all out together.

 

[Backyardhomestead921]

So if you integrate them properly , I think it would be fine. Especially since your ducks live with chickens . So just make sure you take your time when you introduce them all.

 

[Luv Ducks]

Hey so I currently have 3 duck hens a Rouen and two Muscovy’s and my friend needs a home for there call Duck would it be ok to add a call duck in with bigger bird
Also all three of my ducks live with my chickens

My two little Call Ducks were separated for only a day from the rest of my flock which is Muscovy, Rouen, Khaki Campbell, Mallards and Mule Ducks and they all get along just fine. I did keep a close eye out for the first day to make sure they were safe.

 

[BelovedBirds]

Hey so I currently have 3 duck hens a Rouen and two Muscovy’s and my friend needs a home for there call Duck would it be ok to add a call duck in with bigger bird
Also all three of my ducks live with my chickens

I wouldn't have female calls with a full sized drake in fear of harm caused by attempted mating. But all females, or male calls with larger hens, should be fine in theory

 

[Moments]

Ducks seem to be really tribal. I have pekins fighting with a large barnyard breed about the same size.... just because they are the "others".

My Pekin drakes fight with each other, mainly a certain two and they've been together since day one. Nothing major though, just some feathers being pulled. Seems the one getting the feathers pulled is the one lowest in rank.

 

[Moments]

I'm thinking of getting calls but they're not sexed so not sure cause I have Pekin drakes, a Pekin hen and the rest Swedish hens. I'm concerned if I end up with drake calls the boys could hurt them but maybe I could put with the girls cause they'd be significantly smaller? If I got girls I could put them with the other ladies but would have to keep them separate from the drakes when letting out (my drakes and hens are separated thru the night)

 

[Moments]

I have had my Call Drakes with my other Drakes and hens since day one when I got them with no fights. I did have a problem when I had 4 Call Drakes as they like to mate a lot and I had 3 on top of my small Mallard Hen so I rehomed two of the drakes. I now have another drake that was supposed to be a Runner Mallard Drake but since maturing he no longer has the stance of a Runner. He is not exceptionally big and I don't expect him to hurt the Calls in the spring. I had my Calls with a big Muscovy Drake and a big Mallard Drake, a Khaki Campbell Drake too and all was well. The drakes all got rehomed because they were too hard on the Hens. Good luck with your Calls.

My drakes are Pekins and large, sometime fighting amongst themselves, never drawing blood but feathers get pulled so it concerns me how they might be with a male call, being they are so much smaller. How is your Muscovy drakes temperament in general?

 

[Moments]

He was really sweet but over mated all of my females and was 15 pounds. I put him in Drake jail with my Mallard Drake and he tried to mate him!! I ended up rehoming both of them along with my other big drakes. I actually traded my big drakes for the Call Drakes. Then had 3 Call Drakes on my Mallard Hen so I rehomed two of them. I now have what was a Runner Drake but acts more horizontal now that it is grown than vertical and the 2 Call Drakes. I just got the Runner one along with a female Runner last fall so hopefully when spring comes he is not hard on anyone. My Calls are in with all of my big females, I have a Mule Duck and she was the product of the 15 pound drake and a big Rouen Duck I have. When giving lettuce to them the little Call Drakes will actually jump up and try to nip at the huge females if they have some and they don't. It amazes me how they are so feisty.

My drakes are all Pekins and it's the same, they're soooo sweet but have a high drive. The one that's the worst has mellowed out and then the one that was mellow has ramped up then we have one that's pretty much in the middle. I was thinking maybe I'd be able to put my calls with my females but didn't know how that'd go depending on what I ended up with for calls (they don't sex them). I was thinking of only getting 2.

 

[Moments]

I think they would do well with your females. If a Pekin would be like my Muscovy Drake and try to mate it that would probably be the end of your little Call Drake. I don't know how unusual it is for a drake to mate a drake. I know the Hens try to mate each other quite often but I had never seen a drake do that before I saw mine doing it.

Yeah that was my concern with the Pekin drakes for sure. With the ladies, if the calls were both males, would that pose a problem if they both tried mating a single female? I know my Pekins will sometimes have 3 on one and I have to break it up, but that's easy to do during the day, they're separated at night so I don't have to worry about it. With the calls though, it I'm keeping them with the ladies at night just wondering if that's something I'd have to be concerned about. I've seen my drakes get on top of another a couple times, same with ladies on ladies. Didn't know if it was mating attempts or a display of dominance.