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 Posted: Tue Sep 23, 2003 12:56 pm Post subject: newbie |
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im a newbie to this site.I need some advice I bought two ducks,one runner(drake) and a Campbell also a drake.will these ducks fight?at the moment they are fine having no female to argue over.could I possibly put a hen in ?now that I know for sure I wont get any eggs.any advice will be much appreciated.........Annie
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nuele
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| Posted: Tue Sep 23, 2003 1:24 pm Post subject: Re: newbie |
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skinner <a.skinner4@ntlworld.com> wrote:
[quote]im a newbie to this site.I need some advice I bought two ducks,one
runner(drake) and a Campbell also a drake.will these ducks fight?
at the moment they are fine having no female to argue over.
could I possibly put a hen in ? now that I know for sure I wont get
any eggs. any advice will be much appreciated.........Annie
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Hi Annie,
welcome to this group!
I don>t keep any ducks, so I cannot help you a lot, the only thought
that crossed my mind was that if the drakes have been raised by a hen,
they will try to mate with her.
I also think that one single hen will feel very lonely, could you not
perhaps keep two?
Nuele (D)
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Ken
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| Posted: Tue Sep 23, 2003 8:34 pm Post subject: Re: newbie |
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Can>t answer your question but you will get eggs (if the hen is the
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Sky
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| Posted: Tue Sep 23, 2003 8:55 pm Post subject: Re: newbie |
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Nuele, feel free to add a hen or more to your flock. It has been my
experience that drakes do not fight over the hens. They my try and
run competing drakes out of the pond or immediate vicinity but I have
never seen my 4 drakes fight and I have 12 hens. They will mate
indiscriminately however so if you don>t want a flock of mixed breeds
then don>t allow them to incubate the eggs.
fowls@nuele-online.de (nuele) wrote in message news:<1g1qhz9.1427v5efhbq68N%fowls@nuele-online.de>...
[quote]skinner <a.skinner4@ntlworld.com> wrote:
im a newbie to this site.I need some advice I bought two ducks,one
runner(drake) and a Campbell also a drake.will these ducks fight?
at the moment they are fine having no female to argue over.
could I possibly put a hen in ? now that I know for sure I wont get
any eggs. any advice will be much appreciated.........Annie
Hi Annie,
welcome to this group!
I don>t keep any ducks, so I cannot help you a lot, the only thought
that crossed my mind was that if the drakes have been raised by a hen,
they will try to mate with her.
I also think that one single hen will feel very lonely, could you not
perhaps keep two?
Nuele (D)[/quote] |
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AnonnyMoose
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| Posted: Tue Sep 23, 2003 10:38 pm Post subject: Re: newbie |
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I>m pretty new to domestic ducks myself, but I think you should get more than one hen else she will be harrassed mercilessly by the two drakes. My two don>t fight over the ladies (I have 5 of them), but they defintely have roles. One is the protector - constantly standing guard and chases the dogs off if they get close - and the other is the breeder. He is mating every chance he gets. Kind of a bum deal for the guy who does all the work taking care of the flock! ;-)
karen
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im a newbie to this site.I need some advice I bought two ducks,one runner(drake) and a Campbell also a drake.will these ducks fight?at the moment they are fine having no female to argue over.could I possibly put a hen in ?now that I know for sure I wont get any eggs.any advice will be much appreciated.........Annie
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Krys Francis
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| Posted: Tue Sep 23, 2003 10:38 pm Post subject: Re: newbie |
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This is very confusing. By hen do you mean female chicken or do you mean
a duck, which in English English (as opposed to American English) is the
usual word used for a female of ducks & drakes.
If you mean ducks, then the males may or may not fight, if raised
together possibly not, even if they do this usually entails nothing more
than pushing at each other & pulling a few breast feathers out. However
the poor duck will be driven potty by being constantly mated by two
drakes & sometimes in this type of male to female ratio can be drowned
while being over mated & will probably have no feathers on the back of
her head. 2 or 3 or 4 ducks would probably be a much better idea.
If you mean hens, as in chickens then, as Nuele wrote she will be very
lonely. Unless she>s imprinted on ducks (as a friends chicken is, funny
to watch her rushing along at the side of the pond). 2 hens would be
better.
In message <5a73626d.0309230755.2346b002@posting.google.com>, Sky
<skybhuerkamp@bellsouth.net> writes
[quote]Nuele, feel free to add a hen or more to your flock. It has been my
experience that drakes do not fight over the hens. They my try and
run competing drakes out of the pond or immediate vicinity but I have
never seen my 4 drakes fight and I have 12 hens. They will mate
indiscriminately however so if you don>t want a flock of mixed breeds
then don>t allow them to incubate the eggs.
fowls@nuele-online.de (nuele) wrote in message
news:<1g1qhz9.1427v5efhbq68N%fowls@nuele-online.de>...
skinner <a.skinner4@ntlworld.com> wrote:
im a newbie to this site.I need some advice I bought two ducks,one
runner(drake) and a Campbell also a drake.will these ducks fight?
at the moment they are fine having no female to argue over.
could I possibly put a hen in ? now that I know for sure I wont get
any eggs. any advice will be much appreciated.........Annie
Hi Annie,
welcome to this group!
I don>t keep any ducks, so I cannot help you a lot, the only thought
that crossed my mind was that if the drakes have been raised by a hen,
they will try to mate with her.
I also think that one single hen will feel very lonely, could you not
perhaps keep two?
Nuele (D)
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Krys
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Sky
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| Posted: Wed Sep 24, 2003 2:53 am Post subject: Re: newbie |
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the correct tren for a female duck if "duck" not hen, sorry just a
slip of words and mixed up thoughts. Also, you are correct just one
"duck" will get too much attention actually I hace a 3 to 1 ratio.
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nuele
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| Posted: Wed Sep 24, 2003 2:26 pm Post subject: Re: newbie |
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Krys Francis <KrysFrancis@lluestfarmpoultry.co.uk> wrote:
[quote]This is very confusing. By hen do you mean female chicken or do you mean
a duck, which in English English (as opposed to American English) is the
usual word used for a female of ducks & drakes.
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sorry about the confusion...
I meant a female chicken. I have heard that ducklings that have been
hatched by a (chicken) hen get imprinted on hens, and the drakes will
try to mate with female chickens later.
Nuele (D)
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Laurn
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| Posted: Thu Sep 25, 2003 5:50 am Post subject: Re: newbie |
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They probably will not fight but they will try to exert dominance over each other. It is possible that one will become the honorary "female." As others have said, I would definitely get some female ducks. It is best when the females outnumber the males. I have seen situations where an overabundance of males "mated" a female to death. It doesn>t mean this will happen with yours but it is best when there are more than enough ducks for the number of drakes.
Laurn
Oh, and congratulations on your new ducks!
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im a newbie to this site.I need some advice I bought two ducks,one runner(drake) and a Campbell also a drake.will these ducks fight?at the moment they are fine having no female to argue over.could I possibly put a hen in ?now that I know for sure I wont get any eggs.any advice will be much appreciated.........Annie
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