Pullet mounting 1 month duck

[Bolt77]

Recently I noticed that my pullets keep mounting my duck. Is this normal ? They’re not even laying eggs yet. Does it mean they’re ready to mate ?

 

[Kiki]

You have a chicken mounting a duck?


Can you get a few clear pictures of each bird real quick?

 

[Bolt77]

You have a chicken mounting a duck?


Can you get a few clear pictures of each bird real quick?

 

[Bolt77]

Yes here they are

 

[Sussex19]

I'm sorry to say that both those chickens look like cockerels. The whitish one definitely is, and the other one looks like it too. (but would need a better photo to be certain)

 

[Bolt77]

wow okay lol thank you ! And here are some better pictures. the one facing to the left is a mix and the one facing to the right is an EE.

 

[Sussex19]

How old are they?
I'm really not very good at sexing EE type chickens, @fluffycrow might be able to help.
Going by the reddish wing patches, and reddish combs, I'm going with cockerel for both, but could be wrong.

 

[fluffycrow]

Yes, these are cockerels. This behavior can be observed with mixed chicken-duck flocks. It definitely can happen, especially when there are no females of the same species

 

[Kiki]

Yep..you do not have pullets. That's exactly what I was afraid of.

 

[fluffycrow]

Thankfully you don't have it the other way round, as it can be way more dangerous. Bit if you can, it would be a good idea to separate the duck and the chickens. Some people can keep mixed flocks, but it usually requires a lot of space so that either species can get away