[Aunt Sally]

i dont quite get why it might be considered cruel??

so for a matter of months, would it really be cruel to have one male and one female    :?:

 :shock: He'll sh@9 her to death in a couple of months  :shock:

Get two girls now and add a boy when you get a few more girls  :idea:

[Selkie]

you'll have to pardon my ignorance but i dont quite get why it might be considered cruel??

so for a matter of months, would it really be cruel to have one male and one female    :?:

dave did you read my post about the wild ducks?

[WG.]

I wouldn't get overly anthropomorphic about this ... ducks is ducks and drakes is drakes - they'll settle down to a daily routine no matter what.  Just make sure you avoid having more drakes than ducks.

[Bodger]

One on one is probably too much.

[daveinmanc]

rosemary sorry yes i did read your post earlier, i'm not quite sure how the wild birds behaviour compares with 'domestics' but i suppose in the end they're all 'wild' regardless of how domesticated people think they've bread them  . . .  

i'm getting the general idea now that one and one might not make for ducky bliss, well, from the females point of view anyway lol, cant see the drake complaining myself  . . . . .  hmmm . . . . . .  now i know we'd have room for three, just got to slowly try and convince my OH that the time to increase is before we've even got them lol  :shock:

 

[Aunt Sally]

Dave, have a look at this site and scrill down to

2) Breeding  b)

http://www.awionline.org/farm/standards/ducks.htm

[WG.]

one drake to 6 or more ducks is plenty.

I wasn't far wrong then Aunty  

[daveinmanc]

thanks AS  

brilliant link that and very informative, just sent myself a link to it cos im at work lol,  erm this is part of my job though  . . . .  internet not skiving lol