WhiteTreeOfGondor
"Even the very wise cannot see all ends.” -Gandalf
I went outside to lock the ducks up tonight and found one of my Khaki Campbells practically drowned in the pool. She was struggling to keep her head above water. I lifted her out and she was sopping wet, unable to stand or barely move, and shivering. I think if I had found her any later she would have been dead. My very large Saxony drake was swimming around in there too, but the other ducks were all out. She hasn't had issues with wet feather before, and I'm wondering if she could have been mated repeatedly by that drake and gotten too weak to get out. Is a duck more likely to drown during mating if the drake is much larger than her? Should I keep them separated, at least when they have pool access?