Taking in more ducks

[kzemansk]

I only have 2 pekins currently (1 drake/1 female), however I'm looking to expand and someone is giving away two pekins, also 1 drake/1 female. Would this work out? In the future, if I get any more ducks, should I be careful to always either have one drake to one female or more females than drakes? How would having more drakes than females end up?

 

[needlessjunk]

You need more females than drakes or you will need to run 2 flocks. Males will overrate females and usually need 3+ females per male. Some people have really calm drakes and can do 1:1 but that is not the norm. I think you are taking a big gamble bringing in another drake and female. Is there any way to just add more females?

 

[kzemansk]

Okay, my drake is fairly calm, should I just do a trial period for a week or so, or will females of another breed work well too?

 

[TLWR]

ducks don't care about breed, those boys just want a harem of girls

 

[kzemansk]

So, would 2 drakes and 2 females be bad?

 

[TLWR]

most likely. Your boy may be calm now, but adding another may likely change that and then you have 2 sex crazed drakes and only 2 females to deal with it.

 

[kzemansk]

Would getting one female Khaki help?

 

[needlessjunk]

Would getting one female Khaki help?

You really need more than just 2 females each if you are thinking of adding more drakes. I just found my drake a home because he was over mating my smaller girls and he had 5 hens to choose from.

 

[kzemansk]

Is a Khaki too small for a Pekin drake?