Raging Mallard - Ducks Hate the Drake

[Lila123]

Pancake my little mallard drake was bullying one of my geese relentlessly and I’ve followed this people on this site advice and separated them.
So far, success. Also it turns out part of the problem was that they both feel they own me and so I now don’t pet them in each others view.

But now a New Problem!
Pancake is afraid of the 2 runner hens I put him with. Maybe he doesn’t know what they are. And they posture threateningly around him. They are definitely girls, aged 1 and 3 years old each, and no curly tail feathers.
How do I get the girls to accept him? Will that just happen naturally as we head into spring and his hormones go mental?

Photo below of ladies the night I brought them home. They are cleaner now.

 

[sourland]

Give them time.

 

[HollowOfWisps]

They need more time. Getting ducks to get along and bond is like kids in school. Pancake is the new kid to the group and is going to be sitting by himself at lunch for a while until the girls get used to him.

 

[Lila123]

Give them time.

Thank you

 

[Lila123]

Pancake my little mallard drake was bullying one of my geese relentlessly and I’ve followed this people on this site advice and separated them.
So far, success. Also it turns out part of the problem was that they both feel they own me and so I now don’t pet them in each others view.

But now a New Problem!
Pancake is afraid of the 2 runner hens I put him with. Maybe he doesn’t know what they are. And they posture threateningly around him. They are definitely girls, aged 1 and 3 years old each, and no curly tail feathers.
How do I get the girls to accept him? Will that just happen naturally as we head into spring and his hormones go mental?

Photo below of ladies the night I brought them home. They are cleaner now.

He somehow flew over the fence (with clipped wings) so he’s inside right now and trying to attack my poor 50kg dog Wtf is wrong with ducks.

 

[Miss Lydia]

Drakes have absolutely no sense when those hormones start raging. All we can do is try and keep them safe from themselves and the other animals we have. Maybe you didn't clip enough of the flight feathers? just do one wing it will keep him off balance.

 

[Lila123]

Drakes have absolutely no sense when those hormones start raging. All we can do is try and keep them safe from themselves and the other animals we have. Maybe you didn't clip enough of the flight feathers? just do one wing it will keep him off balance.

Yes they are both clipped further now and I’ve raised the fence height. He’s lucky my dog is so kind.

 

[Miss Lydia]

I agree my dog grabbed hold of my gander once and thank goodness she didn’t bite down but it sure scared me. He had popped her on the butt one too many times. We got that worked out and the dog and gander respected each others space after.

 

[Rouen Mom]

Pancake my little mallard drake was bullying one of my geese relentlessly and I’ve followed this people on this site advice and separated them.
So far, success. Also it turns out part of the problem was that they both feel they own me and so I now don’t pet them in each others view.

But now a New Problem!
Pancake is afraid of the 2 runner hens I put him with. Maybe he doesn’t know what they are. And they posture threateningly around him. They are definitely girls, aged 1 and 3 years old each, and no curly tail feathers.
How do I get the girls to accept him? Will that just happen naturally as we head into spring and his hormones go mental?

Photo below of ladies the night I brought them home. They are cleaner now.

Do they fight with him? Maybe you could put a temporary divider fence between them until they get used to eachother, that's what I do when I introduce new ducks to my flock. Takes about a week for them to be fully integrated.

 

[Lila123]

Do they fight with him? Maybe you could put a temporary divider fence between them until they get used to eachother, that's what I do when I introduce new ducks to my flock. Takes about a week for them to be fully integrated.

They’ve eased off a lot, I think they came from a resource poor environment where they had to compete with lots of other ducks. They still bully him a bit but they now allow him to use their favourite pool so it’s progress. As long as they don’t fight or bite each other it’s ok.