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  1. M

    Need help with options for over eager rooster

    We have 2 roosters. One small and one large one. Both the same age. We have 10 hens all about the same age as well. In November my big rooster got ahold of one hen and when trying to mate with her bit her neck too hard and broke skin. When we noticed it had been a couple days and the other...
  2. B

    In need of duck copulation clarification

    Hi, I recently saw a video of Mallard ducks forcing themselves on a hen. It must have been 12 males on her. I never knew male ducks did this. And when I saw the comments people claimed this was normal behavior and suggested it was nature. And they only mate this way. One person even claimed...
    • Brianawashere
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    • breeding ducks mating overbred
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    • Forum: Ducks
  3. PeachLily

    Overbred hens with red skin

    I have 8 one year old hens, 4 of which were overbred by 3 roosters (beginner's mistake). I waited too long to dispatch the roosters but they have been gone for 3 weeks now. I see no improvement in the raw skin on the hens' bare backs and wing joints. I did use bacitracin but maybe not often...
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