Thanks, you're right. This morning it looked like he'd been ground into the dirt all night. He left with the rest, and one drake turned on him half way to the pond. I split them up and caught our loner and took him to a smaller pond on the other side of the house with a dish of food. He had a...
This morning my loner looked like it had been ground into the dirt all night. I've taken it to our smaller pond alone to see if that'll give him a break. I think I've got too many males. I have 5 males and three females who were grossly abused during the winter by what amounted to gang rape. My...
He was waiting outside their enclosure when I went back out. I have put him back in for the night and one of the drakes immediately began chasing after him. I suppose he's better safe than fox food, but it is sad to watch. We'll continue giving him some private evening time at the pond until we...
We have a flock of 8, plus Christy, a male who hatched out in January, so spent the rest of the winter in our clawfoot tub. Consequently Christy has little to do with her flock of relatives and has bonded with our more recent hatchling, a pretty Plymouth Rock hen we've named Helen.
However...