Male to female ratio is totally off. What should I do?

[njc1037]

I got 4 Pekin ducklings in March and unluckily for me - 3 are male. I’m kind of unsure how to proceed. I know that my current ratio of male-to-female is totally off and could result in danger for my girl, but I just feel sad and unsure of what to do with 2 of the males now. Has anyone dealt with this before? Any advice? I attached a picture for sentiments sake.

 

[Yardmom]

What are your future duck goals? It would be much easier to find a new home for the duck hen then a home for 2 drakes. It is possible to keep only drakes.
If you want to keep the hen
Some will say you need to have more hens than drakes, but personally I keep ducks with only one hen per drake. If you decide to keep a pair it should go smoothly since your drake would not have another drake to fight with.

 

[njc1037]

What are your future duck goals? It would be much easier to find a new home for the duck hen then a home for 2 drakes. It is possible to keep only drakes.
If you want to keep the hen
Some will say you need to have more hens than drakes, but personally I keep ducks with only one hen per drake. If you decide to keep a pair it should go smoothly since your drake would not have another drake to fight with.

The original goal was to keep them for eggs, so I would like to keep the hen. I’m happy to hear that you have had a positive experience with just a 1:1 ratio! Thank you for your advice!!

 

[OneEggToRuleThemAll]

Well. This happened to us a couple years ago. We had five runner ducklings and four were males--they were over-mating my female and being total jerks. We ate three of them, problem solved.