duck problems please help!

[Mariakissinger132]

i have 3 pekins and i cant tell there gender. what are some ways that i can? there are only 7 weeks old and not old enough to tell by there honk. what should i do.

can you keep the drakes with the hens? also will they harm my chickens? i have to mallards and both are boys can you keep the drakes together? and can you keep the hens together ? and are they all able to stay together?

also will my mallards fly away and migrate in winter? and how do i stop them from making a water mess in my chicken coop

 

[Miss Lydia]

Well take food an water out of your coop they don’t need it at night. To keep your Mallards from flying off you’ll need to clip one wing you tube has video on how to clip. You can keep drakes with hens but I wouldn’t recommend it in a pen free range only and then the drakes need at least 3 and up females ducks apiece this will help keep a female duck from being over mated and may keep the drakes from being interested in any chicken hens. Drakes can be kept separate from females but they may fight and try to mate each other. Hens can be kept together although they will play mate but it’s only natural. At 7 weeks you may begin to hear a quack in between a peep if you listen closely if not you should know in another few weeks. Drake feather come in around 3 months

 

[Mariakissinger132]

Well take food an water out of your coop they don’t need it at night. To keep your Mallards from flying off you’ll need to clip one wing you tube has video on how to clip. You can keep drakes with hens but I wouldn’t recommend it in a pen free range only and then the drakes need at least 3 and up females ducks apiece this will help keep a female duck from being over mates and may keep the drakes from being interested in any chicken hens. Drakes can be kept separate from females but they may fight and try to mate each other. Hens can be kept together although they will play mate but it’s only natural. At 7 weeks you may begin to hear a quack in between a peep if you listen closely if not you should know in another few weeks. Drake feather come in around 3 months

Well take food an water out of your coop they don’t need it at night. To keep your Mallards from flying off you’ll need to clip one wing you tube has video on how to clip. You can keep drakes with hens but I wouldn’t recommend it in a pen free range only and then the drakes need at least 3 and up females ducks apiece this will help keep a female duck from being over mates and may keep the drakes from being interested in any chicken hens. Drakes can be kept separate from females but they may fight and try to mate each other. Hens can be kept together although they will play mate but it’s only natural. At 7 weeks you may begin to hear a quack in between a peep if you listen closely if not you should know in another few weeks. Drake feather come in around 3 months

thank you so much this was really helpfull