Hey,
I don't own ducks myself, so please forgive me if I ask stupid questions, but here is what I have seen at a friends house:
They keep four indian runner ducks, three males and one female. Sadly, they can not allow them out at the same time. Currently the living condition is the follwing:
The by far oldest duck lives together with the same age female duck. They get along well. He is very old by now and can barely walk any more. But he still enjoys sitting around on his favorite spots, while the female duck runs around, searching for food.
Then the two other male ducks (brothers, younger thann the female duck) also live together. They do everything together and barely ever have more than a meter separate them.
Whenever the two boys are out, they immediately run towards the house of the female duck. But the female duck quacks quite loud at them and seems to wind them up, until they are to agressive, that they attack each other. If both groups would be let out at the same time, the two male ones would attack the female one.
The old male and the two young ones don't mind each other. They get along/ignore each other, so no big issue.
From what I was told, this behaviour is constant throughout the year. (At first I thought, it might be due to a mating phase or something, but it seems its like that 365 days a year.)
Is there something that can be done to end this attacking behavior? Its okay if they never become best friends, but winding each other up seems to be quite mean.
I don't own ducks myself, so please forgive me if I ask stupid questions, but here is what I have seen at a friends house:
They keep four indian runner ducks, three males and one female. Sadly, they can not allow them out at the same time. Currently the living condition is the follwing:
The by far oldest duck lives together with the same age female duck. They get along well. He is very old by now and can barely walk any more. But he still enjoys sitting around on his favorite spots, while the female duck runs around, searching for food.
Then the two other male ducks (brothers, younger thann the female duck) also live together. They do everything together and barely ever have more than a meter separate them.
Whenever the two boys are out, they immediately run towards the house of the female duck. But the female duck quacks quite loud at them and seems to wind them up, until they are to agressive, that they attack each other. If both groups would be let out at the same time, the two male ones would attack the female one.
The old male and the two young ones don't mind each other. They get along/ignore each other, so no big issue.
From what I was told, this behaviour is constant throughout the year. (At first I thought, it might be due to a mating phase or something, but it seems its like that 365 days a year.)
Is there something that can be done to end this attacking behavior? Its okay if they never become best friends, but winding each other up seems to be quite mean.
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