Question about ratios with muscovies/non-muscovies

[Countrymum]

Hi, I appreciate all the help I've gotten from this wonderful forum. I'm back with another question.

So my ducks are five weeks old and I'm about 95% sure that out of eight muscovies, six of them are drakes So after I somehow rehome five of the boys, that leaves me with one muscovy drake, two muscovy hens, and three non-muscovy duck hens.

My question is, do I need more muscovy girls to even things out or will the drake have his attention spread to the non-muscovy girls? Is it likely he'll only be interested in the muscovies? They are all being raised together.

I know nobody can say for certain, but if we likely need to get more, then the sooner the better for our situation, hence why I'm asking here.

Thank you! Duck tax included.

i have 1 Muskovy male and 2 muskovy females as well as 2 Khaki Campbell females and 2 Khaki Campbell males.
the Muskovy male leaves the khaki females alone..
Muskovy are a meat bird closer related to a goose..
they dont seem to interbreed....

 

[fowltemptress]

i have 1 Muskovy male and 2 muskovy females as well as 2 Khaki Campbell females and 2 Khaki Campbell males.
the Muskovy male leaves the khaki females alone..
Muskovy are a meat bird closer related to a goose..
they dont seem to interbreed....

It is a pervasive internet myth that muscovies are more closely related to geese. Muscovies are a species of wood duck that are able to breed with other domesticated ducks and create "mule" offspring. These crosses are a popular meat duck in Europe. Muscovies, however, are not able to breed with geese at all because they are not closely related enough. Whether or not they'll try is another question entirely . . .

 

[JacinLarkwell]

My male will breed any that stay still for him, be they scovies or mallard derived hens. Same with my Swedish drake, he'll breed any that lay down for him too.

Moose, my scovy, is surprisingly gentle so far, but he only started breeding about 6 weeks ago, so next spring could be a whole different story. Hopefully 5 or 6 hens is enough for him