Bachelor Introduction    

One of the things I had a real trouble with finding facts on: How do I introduce a grown drake into a group of grown drakes?
DISCLAMIER: Remember always about quarentine when introducing a new bird! 
 
I had never introduce a new duck to a flock before let alone a group of only drakes.

Why should it be more special introducing a boy to a group of boys? 
Boys, also knows as drakes in the duck world have a HUGE amount of hormones. They have a natural response to other drakes: they are rivals for a potential mate.
Every male bird, rooster or drakes will work better togheter if they have grown up togheter. There for introducing a grown male to other grown males can be a challange.

Why did I decided to increase my flock of drakes? also known as a bachelor flock.
I found out the hard way that the second maiting season for drakes are the worst. The hormones for them at this time are gonna be the highest.
Having a uneven number of boys aint good choise since one is always gonna be left out and be bullied during the maiting season, its just nature. Cause I learned this the hard way it led to when I had to seperate them during the fighting one of them was always alone.
Having an even number of bachelor gives them a choise of forming 2 groups during the maiting season. With this soultuion you can avoid a bulling issue.

KEY POINTS

for a sucessful introuction

I had one thing to go on how to introduce a new drake and that was how I have introduced my chickens to each other.

• Introducing late fall makes a bigger sucess of introduction. Drakes hormones levels goes down fall time and maiting season is over. I did my introduction mid summer since I was desperate and it worked anyways!
   
• My new drake gotta be able to keep up with the fast pace of a runner. There for it had to be a Indian Runner or a mix. Else you risk the newbie falling behind or cant get away from the other if being bullied.
   
• Cant be a duckling or to young. The older the better. The older drakes get the more control they have of their hormones.
   
• Cant be an Alpha male. I was very specfic that the male I was after had to be docile male. With this you reduce the risk of serious fighting at the introduction.

• Having compost fencing makes the whole introduction much easier. Keep in mind a good flying duck will fly over it
   
• When the fighting decreases start letting the newbie out 24/7 with the flock. Also let them free range togheter. You gotta prepare that its gonna be some chasing and nibbling. I always say as long there is no blood, let them fight.

Sucess?

The partner I chose for my new drake during the maiting season was the one that started to hang out with my newbie. Like a match made in heaven! 

It took about 1 month before they let all let him in. It was alot of my newbies curiousity to be apart of flock. It went from 10% part of the flock to 100% in just one day. Just one day it was like he had grown up with them.
He has actully have a good influence on them with many behaviors even tho he is the lowest in the pecking order.