two drakes to two ducks???

[korme5]

So I have two hens who are about 7 months old one is a crested buff and the other is brown and white (not sure of breed). A couple of days ago I got two day old ducklings one is a WH and the other unknown I managed to vent sex them and found they are both little boys.
I am raising them together so they will be friends. I just want to know your thoughts on how they will go when they are older and with the hens. I know the ideal ratio is 1 drake to 2 or 3 ducks but could it be OK this way?? I would just like to hear peoples thoughts and advice on this and if anyone has been in a similar situation I would like to hear about it

 

[MixedFowl]

I had 2 crested females and 2 males. Though only problems I had was that both drakes were breeding both hens so their back feathers were pulled out. And a lot of their crest feathers were pulled out. Now that I have just one drake, the feathers are growing back. But I wouldn't worry too much, vent sexing is very unreliable unless you are an expert. Atleast from what I heard. After 6-8 weeks I was able to tell male from female.

 

[ktduck]

I have two lovely hand raised boys and I just got them 3 girlfriends, all is well No fighting or anything yet. I think in the end the ducks will work it out themselves, it is in their nature. You probably wouldnt need to worry for a long while anyways

 

[tatswell]

I do not have any experience with drakes, yet, but I've often read that males can be quite aggressive, which explains the ratio for hens to drakes.

 

[MixedFowl]

If they are both drakes just raise them together like ktduck said. That's what I did and I had no fighting.

 

[ktduck]

If you hand raise your ducks you may have a better chance of them not becoming very aggressive, although this is only my opinion and has worked for me