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Keeping multiple drakes?

Shugercube

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Apr 17, 2022
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Shenandoah Valley, Virginia
Ok this may be the dumbest question, but- as my ducks are growing I’m realizing they’re almost all drakes. At least, I’m pretty sure. I have 6 Rouen, 4 of which I’m 99% sure are drakes based off their green bills and hoarse voices. None of them have drake feathers or green heads, though. They’re all 8-11 weeks old.
Then I have 3 blue Swedish and 2 khaki Campbell’s. Which are all 6ish weeks old. They might be too young to tell still, but based on voices they’re all boys 😭

Soooooo. How big of a problem is this going to be, if I’m right and all but 2 are males? Are they like roosters who will fight each other? Do I need to get rid of all but 1? 1 of each breed? Or is it cool to have multiple drakes hanging out?
 
You'd want to keep one drake maximum for that amount of ducks. But if you had space you could keep all the boys in their own pen. They should get along reasonably well so long as no females are in sight.
I was afraid of that :( I don’t have space for them to have their own pen far enough away from the females, so that means saying goodbye to so many ducks 😭 If I weren’t in it for the eggs I’d just get rid of the 2 girls instead of (up to) 8 boys. Lol
 
You want about 4-5 ducks per drake so you cannot keep them all together. You will either have to separate them or get rid of some. :hmm
 
I was afraid of that :( I don’t have space for them to have their own pen far enough away from the females, so that means saying goodbye to so many ducks 😭 If I weren’t in it for the eggs I’d just get rid of the 2 girls instead of (up to) 8 boys. Lol
Make sure you sex them accurately before doing anything. The green bill thing doesn't always work. Voice sexing is the best way.
 
I have a separate part of my pen to put my Drakes in Drake jail or for a Hen that has babies. I had three Drakes in it this summer. They all got along just fine. They were a Mallard/Rouen, Muscovy and Khaki Campbell. They could see my females but all was still just fine with them. My nine girls were in the large part of my pen and it has all worked out well. I hope you can find a way to find a smaller place for your two hens to hang out until mating season is over. I am not trusting mine until the end of September.
 

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