tara Posted February 1, 2008 Share Posted February 1, 2008 Hello my female call duck is sitting on about 7 eggs she lives with her boy friend in an eglu.Do l need to take hime out loads of advice would be of alot of help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard T Posted February 3, 2008 Share Posted February 3, 2008 I don't know. The books I've got say that you should separate a bird that's sitting on eggs (whether it's a duck or a hen) but they also seem to assume that you've got a small flock - so that none of the other birds would be lonely. But if you've only got the two birds I would just see how it goes. If she seems annoyed at his presence, or he's bothering her, then keep them apart but still able to see each other. Hope that helps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesley Posted February 3, 2008 Share Posted February 3, 2008 When we had just the two, male and female, we left the drake in with the duck but we had to separate them after the ducklings hatched because he tried to kill them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tara Posted February 4, 2008 Author Share Posted February 4, 2008 How long do the eggs take to hatch and could he live happily once the babys are older with them.Also could he live with the boy babys so male and female cant mate again.Sorry for all the questions just rather get advice from people that know what there doing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lewis Posted February 4, 2008 Share Posted February 4, 2008 I know that they take 26/27 days to hatch. But i cant help with the males living together Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesley Posted February 5, 2008 Share Posted February 5, 2008 We had to keep the drake separate until the ducklings were quite old - which was a bit of a pain The problem you would have with keeping the boys is that you would then have two or more drakes all wanting to mate with the duck as soon as they are old enough Our first hatching produced three boys - they all eventually went in the freezer.........last year the duck hatched one girl. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tara Posted February 5, 2008 Author Share Posted February 5, 2008 Im going to separate them but hes going to be lonely because he gose to her for company ill put him next to her.Can drakes live together with out females. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesley Posted February 5, 2008 Share Posted February 5, 2008 Yes, drakes can live together. Gooner Girl has drakes....... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gooner.girl Posted February 5, 2008 Share Posted February 5, 2008 Apparantly its not ideal to have just drakes - but my boys seemed quite happy together before i got my 2 females (they had about 2 months on their own) As for drakes with no ducks to mate with bothering the hens - ours wouldn't dare - the chickens keep them in their place! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
