Introducing incubator mandarin ducks to flock

[upstatemandarins]

Hi guys,
We have 14 mandarin ducks we hatched in the incubator this year as we had to pull a nest due to frost.
They are in a brooder now with heat lamp and water and starter feed after we let them jump out of a tree outside.
When can we introduce them to our other ducks ?
Our other mandarin mamas are a week behind. Will they accept these chicks or pick on them?
Last year we had 2 from the incubator that didn’t jump and didn’t make it past 3 days unfortunately.
We just want to give these guys the best chance of survival.
Any help appreciated!
Thank you!
We have a large outside aviary with pond, a duck house and another 10x 10 enclosure that can be separated.
We also have two friendly female runner ducks.

 

[Debbie292d]

Hi,

I'm sorry nobody got back to you about this. How's it going? If you haven't tried it yet, I think they'd integrate fine but just in case, might want to have a few places for them to hide in case they get chased.