two boys and a girl...bad idea?

[HortenseCumberbatch]

Hi there. I have a female Khaki Cambell and a male. Also a male Pekin. They're just growing like crazy and per the last advice I requested here they're just getting their adult feathers. Do any of you forsee the male to female ratio being a problem? I live in the city and have maxed out my poultry to property limit so I can't get anymore females to round out the numbers. I wonder if I should find a good home for one of the boys to protect the female? My mother in law has two males and a female and the only thing she's done is separate the males in the spring when they tend to fight otherwise. Any advice please?

 

[jdywntr]

You will have to see. Technically, it would be a problem but each duck is an individual so they could get along okay. There will most likely be some fighting. I would be worried about the female as both males will be trying to mate with her and could injure/kill in their efforts. If you can seperate them that would be a possibility or see about trading a male for a female. I had 4 males and 3 females and it was not really an issue until one of the females started setting a nest and left 2 females to 4 males. You could also see about trading your female for a male and keep just males (depends on what you want from them). Males will typically get along as long as no females are around.

 

[Going Quackers]

I'm sure others can chime in but from what i have understood.. it should be 2-3 hens to 1 drake and some feel it should be even more. I have 6 in total, 2 are drakes the rest are hens. Hopefully some others with more experience with smaller ratio's can chime in.

 

[newbyduckmom]

We had three males and one female. We added a couple females hoping that would make enough difference. Of course. the additional females are two months younger, so hasn't really helped yet -(and besides those two females pretty aggressively harass the drakes....what's that about? ) About the time the males started taking an interest in mating, and three of them pinned the hen to the ground at once, we built a separate pen and separated them. Only two of the males are aggressive about it. The third has been bullied by the dominant male duck. But it just wasn't worth having a dead hen. See what happens, but keep an eye on them.

 

[HortenseCumberbatch]

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Oh gosh. That sounds so horrible. Maybe I should just start looking for a home for the Pekin. The male khaki's personality seems pretty chill. Well really they all seem pretty chill but I have chickens too. I don't want them hurting the chickens either.