First post, so please bear with me.
A few weeks back after much research I finally jumped into the backyard fowl and got 5 Muscovy who are now 8 weeks old. These are a complete first for me, I've never had ducks or chickens before. As nature would have it I ended up with three drakes and two ducks. At this stage I'm planning on selling two of the drakes or butchering them (if I can bear it). Initially I had only intended to get Muscovies mainly because they are quiet and local regs only allow for chickens. Well, my town just pulled a fast one on me and decided to allow ducks also (by a unanimous vote). So now, I can get quackers and not worry about the neighbors. I'm planning on getting some Khaki Campbells which will give me some some good egg layers, and keep the Muscovy as meat ducks.
My plan is to have 2 female Muscovy and 1 drake
3 or 4 female Khaki Campbells and 1 drake (purchase the drake either now or in the future)
First questions is, will I seriously regret trying to bring in new birds and get two flocks to integrate together and share the same duck house? The duck house is sufficient size and so is the run.
Any personal experience with this I would love to hear, I have fallen in love with my Muscovies and don't want a war on my hands. (but I do want eggs LOL)
If my Muscovy drake only has two ladies, will he be happy, or will he try to mate with the Khakis? At this point it's not a huge deal, but when I want to hatch new layers, I want pure Khakis, not cross breeds.
Should I wait to get a male Khaki until I need to refresh my flock or would it be good to have a male just to keep the Muscovy drake in check?
Will three Khaki females be enough for a Khaki drake or will he try to mate with the Muscovies?
The photo is of Jack my keeper drake
Thank you for any help.
A few weeks back after much research I finally jumped into the backyard fowl and got 5 Muscovy who are now 8 weeks old. These are a complete first for me, I've never had ducks or chickens before. As nature would have it I ended up with three drakes and two ducks. At this stage I'm planning on selling two of the drakes or butchering them (if I can bear it). Initially I had only intended to get Muscovies mainly because they are quiet and local regs only allow for chickens. Well, my town just pulled a fast one on me and decided to allow ducks also (by a unanimous vote). So now, I can get quackers and not worry about the neighbors. I'm planning on getting some Khaki Campbells which will give me some some good egg layers, and keep the Muscovy as meat ducks.
My plan is to have 2 female Muscovy and 1 drake
3 or 4 female Khaki Campbells and 1 drake (purchase the drake either now or in the future)
First questions is, will I seriously regret trying to bring in new birds and get two flocks to integrate together and share the same duck house? The duck house is sufficient size and so is the run.
Any personal experience with this I would love to hear, I have fallen in love with my Muscovies and don't want a war on my hands. (but I do want eggs LOL)
If my Muscovy drake only has two ladies, will he be happy, or will he try to mate with the Khakis? At this point it's not a huge deal, but when I want to hatch new layers, I want pure Khakis, not cross breeds.
Should I wait to get a male Khaki until I need to refresh my flock or would it be good to have a male just to keep the Muscovy drake in check?
Will three Khaki females be enough for a Khaki drake or will he try to mate with the Muscovies?
The photo is of Jack my keeper drake

Thank you for any help.