Tips on Introducing New Adult Female to the Flock ?

[0ddaudd]

Hello! Tomorrow I'm going to pick up a 1-year-old female duck, and I was curious as to if there is any precautions I should take when I bring her home? I currently own one male Pekin and two Rhode Island Red hens. The male Pekin is also a year old. I was just wondering if there's anything I should know about before I introduce them? Are they like cats and dogs where they need to be in separate pens but can still see each other before they live in the same run together or what?
Thanks so much!

 

[Miss Lydia]

Yes just like you said put them where they can see each other but get to know each other without being able to touch. Please post pics and

 

[0ddaudd]

Yes just like you said put them where they can see each other but get to know each other without being able to touch. Please post pics and

Thanks so much! I definitely will haha.

 

[Miss Lydia]

It should be love at first sight!! But you still want to give them time. Actually to make it easier on your new female maybe you could get even a few more females to go with her. Drakes are extremely rough on females during mating and one female will get pretty beat up from the drakes attention. The best ratio is 3 an up females to each drake.

 

[chickens really]

Put her with him and see? Possibly she won't like the chickens though so that's another issue. I have friends with one Drake and one Hen. It's fine. Just more free range and large pens.