A quick update:
They wound up losing one of the drakes to a raccoon (sadly as he was my favorite) but one of the ones we thought was male finally found her quack after months of silence! They bought a few extra females from Metzer's and currently have a flock of 2 drakes and 8 girls now...
How awful! I'm glad your goose is alright now though. I will have to do my best to cut back the number of drakes. I posted an ad this evening to try and find two of them homes so hopefully we can find a good match here before my family changes their mind.
Thanks for all the advice so far...
This is what I'm afraid of.
I wonder if I could convince them to sell two for a ratio of 3 drakes to 7 females. Would this be acceptable? It's hard to tell what their natures are in regards to aggression/mating since they aren't showing much of that yet. We do have one drake that bites the...
Hello! I've been lurking BYC since before I started raising some Rouen ducklings for family but finally decided it's time to post about an important question.
Long story short, our 6 straight run Rouen Ducklings are now 9 weeks old and we have a ratio of 5 drakes to 1 female (terrible luck!!)...