Haydog03
Crowing
My two new Pekin ducklings (Bluebell and Cora) are 11 days old! We have three older ducks, Destiny, Hercules, and Pato! Destiny and Hercules are boys, while Pato is a single female! We knew this wouldn't work so we searched for female ducks, but couldn't find any! We got two ducklings, and we don't know if they're female or male (we hope female, hence their feminine names)! My question is, when should we introduce them into the flock? We put the babies out into the yard just to observe how they'd interact. Pato, our female, walked over and just started quivering her head. She kept walking off and turning back to keep an eye on them, nothing aggressive; more curious. The males didn't seem interested, at all, in fact, they were afraid... One of the duckling's have a hurt leg, but I'm working on fixing it with vitamins! We put the babies out for a minute everyday for three days, but we quit after the baby hurt it's leg (we didn't want to cause stress). Recap; Unknown gender ducklings. Two adult males and one adult female. Hurt duckling leg. Any advice appreciated! If the duckling's turn out to be male, is it okay to have 4 males by themselves? Would it be better 3 males and then put Pato with Hercules? When should we introduce the babies to the adults? By the way, the older ducks are only three months!