Drakes vs Roos Question

[Buster]

Will a drake protect his girls the same way a rooster will? Should I worry about my drake fighting with my roos in the yard? The ducks seem to hang out in a posse together and don't mix much with the chickens- in fact they drive them away from treats if they can. Just wondered if I have to worry about my drake fighting with my roos.

 

[Wolf-Kim]

I don't think a drake will fight specifically with the rooster. Come breeding season, it seems a drake will jump on anything that moves.

I don't think you will have problems. I don't think drakes fight like roos do and if problems do arise, one of the other can take the route of the hog.

-Kim

 

[Buster]

Thanks. None of them seem to have troubles right now. They seem to have groups of their own and stick with them for the most part.