Introducing Ducklings to a flock?

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I cannot know the answer to that as each drake is different.

I have an all drake flock. I had 1 pekin [loud and noisy, bossy boots but no fight in him] and 2 muscovy [learn quickly that I don't like bullying behavior and hold back from actual fighting: make do with side swipe pecks to let each other know who is boss.] I introduced a new adult pekin drake beginning of April. It took a month for them to all settle down. My existing pekin drake is big buddy with one of the muscovy and was initially conflicted about the new pekin drake demanding his obedience. He has now worked it out -- he is still big buddies with one of the muscovy but gives attention to the new pekin too. Both pekins sleep in dog crates in the coop as the muscovy are prone to bulling [excluding the pekins from food and water.] The muscovy get away with that as I am not there to teach them not to do it [and I am not going to spend a night in the coop to teach them!!!]

Two weeks ago I rescued 2 more pekin drakes. I think they are 6-9 months old [probably closer to 6 months.] They are closely bonded and had obviously been maltreated even before they were dumped out on their own in the world. The new ducks are in quaratine, sleeping in a divided dogcrate in my florida room and out in an exercise pen on my patio during the day. My ducks can see them but not touch. One of the new drakes makes threatening head movements to my drakes when any of my drakes walk past. My recently added pekin drake has been seen to make threatening head movements to the new drakes when he goes past. One muscovy is completely disinterested, and the other -- the alpha male that prefers my company to duck company -- goes and looks at them through my patio scrren door every morning as soon as he gets let out of the coop, but isn't otherwise interacting with them.

The two new drakes are now very vocal [they weren't when I first found them] chattering away with each other. From yesterday, they have also joined in the loud chorus of ducky shouting that happenes everytime I go near the patio.

But I don't know how the full introductions will work out in another 2 weeks. Before then, I will have the two new ducks sleeping in their dog crate in the coop with the other ducks, for a week, but still in their own exercise pen during the day. I don't know how they will get on -- and they have no distraction of female ducks to fight over!!

Interesting, thank you for sharing!