multiple drakes and ducklings

[ReeChatelain]

Let me start by saying i have 3 drakes and 1 duck. She only seems to mate with one (the biggest) but they all follow her around and don't fight about it. She has been laying eggs randomly around the yard so I've collected and hatched a few in the incubator. But she started laying in a nest so i left them alone and last week she began sitting for some of the day. I counted 14. If they do hatch do i need to worry about the drakes with the ducklings?

 

[Amiga]

Short answer - yes.

Often drakes are not good with ducklings. There are exceptions, but I would assume the worst and go from there.

 

[ReeChatelain]

I was afraid so. I'm going to have to figure someway to secure where she's at anyway. The more I've thought about it, she's kinda exposed to predators where she is. But refuses to go in the enclosure at night.