Do Drakes or Ganders fight?

Drakes: Drakes will fight to assert dominance. Once this has been done they will cohabit to a degree. The lesser drake will never reach his full potential and will not be in his prime. If it can be avoided try to keep drakes separated, especially in the breeding season.

Pairs are the only accurate way to tell where your good or bad birds are coming from. However it is often best to run 1 drake with 2 or 3 ducks, this enables the ducks to stay in better condition.

Muscovies should be run with 1 drake to 4 or 5 ducks to prevent damage to the females.

Geese: Geese if permitted will mate for life. Once they are mated it can be hard to split the pairs, and often can only succussfully done if the birds are taken out of honk range, so they can not hear each other. Once they are paired, multiple pairs will co-habit in a paddock, tending to keep to themselves. In the non-breeding season they will become one large family again. When introducing new stock, expect some initial pecking order problems. These will usually settle with time.