Duck/Drake ratio....

[BackYard Sheena]

2-3 ducks min per drake is the usual recommendation. Drakes are definitely individuals some work in multi drake flocks others simply don't. I run a fair number of drakes here.. i have sold drakes that have not been able to get along well with others or have been relentless with my females...

Usually you start to see trouble as they mature and drakes do so quicker than females in that mating regard... for instance my Pekin will be 6mths in Sept but i am already seeing the drake try mating and showing sexual maturity, the females are not laying yet... they are only turning 5mths mid month...  for what it's worth he has 5 girls.

A wait n see approach is really all that can be advised, there is no one size fits all answer, i do see break downs in my flock.. certain birds run together.. they do not run as entire flock. My main flock consists of Pekin, Buff and Muscovy with some as young as 4 days old right through into years and just about everything in between.

Thank you so much for that info!!!! I'll just keep my fingers crossed everyone keeps getting along as well as they are now

Is it true with a smaller flock that it's okay to maybe have a 1:2 or 1:2 ratio?  We have 10 ducks, and we're thinking we have 3 or 4 males (hard to tell with our baby pekins--still just a month and a half old and not that great at trying to vent them!).

At that age, anyone loud and quack should be girls!! 2 out of my 3 girls were quacking (almost a honk lol) at 2 weeks old. Anybody that is quiet, whispering, or raspy is probably a boy!!! If ur not sure, pick them up. Girls will always quack when picked up lol