Introducing call duck groups together

Oct 13, 2023
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I have 8 call ducks in 2 groups, I know I have way to many boys but I love them so we are keeping them and I am moving house at the momentand after that I will be getting more girls.
(I hatched them all)
in group one i have 2 boys, Buttercup and Puddle, these are my oldest calls at 17 months old (some of you may remember that their lady friend, Johnny, died earlier this year sadly)
And in group 2 I have 4 boys and 2 girls, (boys) spot, pip, petunia, hiccup, (girls) dot and peach
They are in separate pens but are only separated by a peice of fence they can touch through the wire
I want to introduce the 2 groups together but every time I put them together they fight I have tried distracting them with water but they always end up fighting, I am not sure what else to try
Should I just let them fight and they will get over it or something else?

Thank you

Here are some pictures of the cuties
The first group
Buttercup has more white on his chest and Puddle has less
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The second group
Peach
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Dot
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Hiccup
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Spot
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Pip and petunia muddy monsters (they are both white but petunia has a black dot on his back which is covered by his wings)
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All of them
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I do the see no touch for weeks
Then I would try a few from each group instead of so many
Do it supervised
Boys can gang up on others are really hurt one so best you are there to see how bad it gets
A little fighting for pecking order is normal as long as nobody gets hurt.
Thank you
I think I will take spot and pip out of the mix as they are the bosses and maybe petunia it depends if he is mean when they aren't their
Do it in smaller groups like you said
 
You're wanting one big group, 6 males and 2 females?
Ouchies for those girls. I wouldn't do it. That's just me though.
 
You're wanting one big group, 6 males and 2 females?
Ouchies for those girls. I wouldn't do it. That's just me though.
If it were a different breed I would not have then all together but call ducks (in my experience) only mate in the spring/summer.
Spot, Pip and Petunia don't understand that it's the girls they should mate, they tussle with each other but ignore the girls
The thing about Hiccup is he was malpositioned in his egg, his head was very squished and he came of the egg with a wonky foot, I think he had some brain damage from being so squished as he never seems like he is all their (like his sister peach but she just had a wonky leg and their sister dot was normal), it is an ongoing joke
Hiccup just out of the egg
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After he had fluffed
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Puddle has not really had a breeding season yet because he didn't have a mate, he mated the khaki cambles well he tried to anyway
And Buttercup had a mate but she died sadly very early in the season so he tried to mate the khakis too

I forgot to say in the fist post that Spot Pip and petunia were the first batch of eggs and dot, hiccup and peach were the second, its not that important but I had ment to say it
 

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