Introducting Ducks

[FaithArthur123999]

Hey!

Ive posted on here before about my 2 Indian Runner Ducks I rescued. After a few weeks of confusion, I am now sure they are both males. However I would like to introduce some females to them. The original plan was to have them living with my chickens in the same run but my chickens are so mean to them so it wouldnt work. Ive found some females for sale but I want to know some tips for introducing the females to my 2 males. Is there anything I am suppose to do and do they often bicker when first meeting up? Im good with chickens but still learning with ducks

Many thanks

 

[Miss Lydia]

Best way to introduce is through fencing probably won't take long for intros to happen but just putting the females in with your drakes can be traumatizing for the females. so give them a chance to meet and greet through fencing for at least a few days. I don't know how many females you are looking at but those boys are going to need at least 3 each or more if you have the room. My Runner drake has 9 females but none are over-mated which is the main worry when putting females in with 2 drakes.

Love to see some pictures when you have time.

 

[FaithArthur123999]

Best way to introduce is through fencing probably won't take long for intros to happen but just putting the females in with your drakes can be traumatizing for the females. so give them a chance to meet and greet through fencing for at least a few days. I don't know how many females you are looking at but those boys are going to need at least 3 each or more if you have the room. My Runner drake has 9 females but none are over-mated which is the main worry when putting females in with 2 drakes.

Love to see some pictures when you have time.

Hello! Thanks for your reply!

Thank you for your advice, and will certainly take it on. Im looking at getting many females as read about over mating, just want to make sure the run and coops are all ready before we get the girls, the pond is also being finished tomorrow too. Ill attach a picture of my 2 boys which confusingly people and I thought were girls

 

[Miss Lydia]

Oh I remember them they are gorgeous. Do both sound raspy now?
Sounds like you have a good plan going forward.
Are you looking to get Runner females for your boys?

 

[FaithArthur123999]

Oh I remember them they are gorgeous. Do both sound raspy now?
Sounds like you have a good plan going forward.
Are you looking to get Runner females for your boys?

Yeah both of them raspy now! A couple weeks ago we were convinced one was a girl. We have asked so many people and showed so many videos to people and had a mixed responses but they are both raspy. Im not 100% certain they are both boys but 90% sure. I match their quacks to male quacks on you tube. Yeah looking for female runners

 

[Miss Lydia]

let us know when you bring home the girls we would love to see them and hear how it all goes.

 

[FaithArthur123999]

let us know when you bring home the girls we would love to see them and hear how it all goes.

Thank you, I am currently speaking with someone with some girls for sale and if all goes well I will pick them up next week

 

[Canadian Wind]

Im looking at getting many females as read about over mating,

And thus begins the slippery slope into duck addiction!

 

[Miss Lydia]

And we sure don't do any enabling right?

 

[ruthhope]

If all your new girls come from the same source and have been together from hatching, or certainly for a long time, the introductions are likely to go smoothly and speedily. I would give the new girls a few days to get used to the premises and make the new duckhouse their home, while being able to see but not touch your boys. Then you should be able to do supervised open access. I've only done this with pekins, but i believe most female ducks are easy compared with drakes.

My son recently introduced a rescued juvenile drake to his girls without any see no touch time. He just emptied new boy out of the pet carrier into his back yard with his girls [pekins and a muscovy] and they were all friends immediately. New boy just followed the girls around to get the hang of life in his new home and followed them into the coop at bedtime. This method is not advised but just an example that females are readily accepting of a new drake.

It took me a full 4 weeks to integrate the new boy's brother into my own all drake flock [also pekins and muscovies] and the pekins are still sleeping in dogcrates in the coop to keep the peace between themselves and with the muscovies.