New ducks

[Birdmama2020]

Hi everyone,
I have 2 female khaki campbell ducks about 7 months old, they are laying daily.
We have wanted more ducks preferably drakes.
I have been offered 2 that are in need of a home and am planning on picking them up this week but I am curious as to other peoples experience with adding new ducks of the opposite sex.
They are a mixed breed about a year old.
Our plan is to keep them separate and introduce them on neutral ground with lots of room to roam and have them sleep in their own quarters at night. But the plan is to eventually have them all together in one coop.
It this a good idea? I hear different things about having more females to males but also hear it dosnt matter. I really want to be able to help give them a home but dont want to upset my girls. We raised them from day olds and they are very tame. Do you think they could all live together happily ever after lol

Thank you

 

[HappyDuckie]

That ratio will not work. One drake to two females would be a much better life for your female ducks.

 

[Duck mommy 2019]

that could work. i have 3 drakes 2 hens and sometimes they can be together

 

[Birdmama2020]

that could work. i have 3 drakes 2 hens and sometimes they can be together

Do you house them separately? Are they together during the day?

 

[Duck mommy 2019]

Do you house them separately? Are they together during the day?

they can always see each other. at night i do two pens (mine sleep indoors but a divided coop would work perfectly too) and during the day they all play in our backyard and we just separate the older two boys if needed (just because they are 4x the size of my smallest girl so i don’t like them to mate if they can’t be supervised)

 

[Birdmama2020]

they can always see each other. at night i do two pens (mine sleep indoors but a divided coop would work perfectly too) and during the day they all play in our backyard and we just separate the older two boys if needed (just because they are 4x the size of my smallest girl so i don’t like them to mate if they can’t be supervised)

Thank you, we have a separate coop for them so I will keep them separate at night. Thanks for replying

 

[Duck mommy 2019]

Thank you, we have a separate coop for them so I will keep them separate at night. Thanks for replying

your welcome! what breed are the boys?