Roosters and Ducks

[Annie Bubble]

uhm i'm new. So i'm not sure if i'm posting on the right page thingy. uhm. I'm about to order some more chickens and ducks. I was wondering if male ducks and roosters will fight? (not yet having any males) Also would it help if they grew up together?

 

[sourland]

A firm 'maybe' on the fighting. In my experience roosters and drakes have gotten along quite well; however, I did have a RIR rooster and a Muscovy drake that sparred daily. The skirmishes were always initiated by the rooster and continued until he would give up and run away. One day I guess the Muscovy had enough because he killed the RIR. In my opinion Red earned what he got.

 

[Annie Bubble]

Thanks

 

[donrae]

My roosters are skeered of my drakes. The ducks are definitely more aggressive than the chickens and the hens and roosters both quickly get out of a duck's way.

 

[eggspectation]

you should separate the chickens from the ducks.

 

[Sarevan]

Ducks can try to mate with a hen, as they have incompatible reproduction parts the drake can injure a hen. Ducks have a penis and insert it, can damage a hen's vent to the point of being a bloody mess.

Drakes and Roos can fight for Alpha, to the point of severe injury or as sourland said one or the other ending up a dead loser.