I didn't want to do it... but knew it was going to have to happen. My flock is much happier now. We kept our favorite 3 drakes, and have a few more ducklings in hopes of getting a better ratio. Will likely have a few more drakes in the duckling bunch but for now all is well.
I bought mine straight run back in January and wound up with 8 ladies and 9 drakes. I slowly started sending problem drakes to freezer camp, starting around 5 months old. I also had no idea when or how to tell, but it became very apparent when I had duck world war outside my front window, and...