tinsleyli
In the Brooder
- Jan 7, 2024
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I wanted to add additional female ducks to my flock. For the past few months, I was down to 2 drakes and a female. One drake is a khaki campbell. One drake is Pekin. My female is a Rouen.
A local farm had several female ducks available. I got 1 Pekin female and 3 Swedish Blue females. We introduced them while the rest were free ranging. The females are doing fine but my khaki campbell is being a butt! He keeps picking at them and trying to mate them. This bothers my male Pekin and he then tries to mate them. Then, the drakes peck at each other. I have given the females places they can get away from the males. I just feel terrible my guys are acting so poorly.
I think in my lack of experience, I rushed them being together. I was told by the farmer I shouldn’t have any trouble because I wasn’t introducing any new drakes. They just needed to be able to see each other and have places to go if any of the others bullied them.
Do I just let them work it out or do I need to move my drakes to a bachelor pad?
A local farm had several female ducks available. I got 1 Pekin female and 3 Swedish Blue females. We introduced them while the rest were free ranging. The females are doing fine but my khaki campbell is being a butt! He keeps picking at them and trying to mate them. This bothers my male Pekin and he then tries to mate them. Then, the drakes peck at each other. I have given the females places they can get away from the males. I just feel terrible my guys are acting so poorly.
I think in my lack of experience, I rushed them being together. I was told by the farmer I shouldn’t have any trouble because I wasn’t introducing any new drakes. They just needed to be able to see each other and have places to go if any of the others bullied them.
Do I just let them work it out or do I need to move my drakes to a bachelor pad?