drakes and hens! help!

[Duck mommy 2019]

unfortunately i have no where to keep my ducks until i move this fall. i cannot keep them at my grandparents house anymore, so they have to go and live with a friend. they already have my other duck who i had to rehome months ago and he is living peacefully with like 10 hens and like 5 guinea fowl. will this be ok? i’m giving them my 3 drakes. i’ll be getting them back once i move but will they be ok until then?

 

[sourland]

Are you talking about chicken hens ? If so the drakes will be fine, but the chicken hens perhaps not. With no duck hens the drakes may start breeding the chickens. Drakes have penises - roosters do not. Drakes breeding chicken hens can injure/kill them. The breeds should be kept separate.

 

[Duck mommy 2019]

Are you talking about chicken hens ? If so the drakes will be fine, but the chicken hens perhaps not. With no duck hens the drakes may start breeding the chickens. Drakes have penises - roosters do not. Drakes breeding chicken hens can injure/kill them. The breeds should be kept separate.

i can’t keep them separate though...

 

[keesmom]

I agree with sourland. Your drakes will be fine. The hens, maybe not. Drakes are sexually aggressive, especially this time of year. They may gang up on a single hen with unfortunate results.