Can you keep drakes together in a bachelor pad?

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Hi! I’m new to this site and I have a question. So I was doing a project for school (I’m a teen) and found about about call ducks. We live in a neighbourhood, at the end of a street. We don’t share a fence with our neighbours. They don’t complain about my EE rooster. But I’m still worried about the noise level of call ducks. But I’ve heard call drakes are quieter? So would a bachelor pad do? I really want ducks. I’ve been looking at Rouens and Buffs but they seem too big, taken the fact that poultry “collecting” is a serious addiction😅 Ideas? Do you think this would work?
 
fatty and friends said:
drakes are super quiet, so you won’t have to worry about the noise with all boys

i have 3 boys and they are best friends, i also have 2 girls who are separated from the boys. personally i would never get girls again, all drake flocks are quieter and don’t have egg related health issues
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yaaay! So glad to hear that😌
 
Duckmar said:
And would It be okay if I got adult drakes? Or would they fight?
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I’m not sure about this, I think if you could find a adult ones already together it may help. My understanding is the fighting can be brought on bc of the presence of girls but some just fight.

I currently have 4 adult ducks and 4 babies. The babies are in the brooder. The adults are a horrible ratio 2 drakes/2 hens. Last year it was fine b it this year they’re being way too rough on one of our hens and with the babies eventually getting moved out we built a bachelor pad. I’ve tried to let them free range but they can see the girls and they just stay as close to a fence/gate to where the girls are as possible. I haven’t seen the boys fight but that doesn’t mean they don’t do it. They are much much quieter (boys are pekins girls are tournament), but with this attempt to separate they’ve been louder. I think you’ll be fine with boys though.
 
I have a flock of three adult drakes. Not calls, two muscovy and a pekin. I am currently integrating another adult pekin drake. Integration is possible it just takes time. I had the new drake in a large dog crate on a see no touch basis for 4 days. They were interested in him and hung around the crate for 2 days instead of wandering around doing their ducky business. Less interested by day three, so I let new drake out for a while to stretch his wings. It worked well. Next day I let him out several times while I could sit with them. There was pecking order jabbing with beaks and when it got too much, the new drake took himself back into the crate. It's now day 6 and new drake could not get out of his crate quickly enough this morning. He was determined to hold his own and not be bottom of the pecking order. I am leaving them all out together today. I may try him sleeping in the coop with the others if all well today. He has been in my Florida room at night up to now as the crate won't fit in the coop.

Ducks are basically social birds and are far more likely to settle down and get on together than than not
 

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