3 male ducks

[Mz M]

Kids brought home 3 ducklings Last yr. one mallard a 2 lg white ones. We have chickens also. All have matured together until recently. The ducks were all male.
The two lg ducks recently began bullying the smaller mallard. They are ok with the mallard one at a time but are awful together. The mallard is ok free ranging with the chickens by himself. They are being separated at this time. Is my only option to find a home for one or both of the big guys? I have posted to find a home. No luck!

 

[Jpat]

Kids brought home 3 ducklings Last yr. one mallard a 2 lg white ones. We have chickens also. All have matured together until recently. The ducks were all male.
The two lg ducks recently began bullying the smaller mallard. They are ok with the mallard one at a time but are awful together. The mallard is ok free ranging with the chickens by himself. They are being separated at this time. Is my only option to find a home for one or both of the big guys? I have posted to find a home. No luck!

are they trying to mate the hens? That can cause internal damage to the chicken hen, chickens dont have penises so the chickens arent made for the duck wang.

A few people here have only male ducks. i wish my memory was better but @SuperDuck has two males and mabye can remember who else has males

The most common advice would be to get like 12 females ducks for them so they can spread their concentration out

 

[Kessel23]

I have 3 drakes kept in a chicken tractor. They have been here since the beginning of the mating season this year. There are no hens or other birds. I see them fight occasionally but it is not bad enough to cause any feather damage or actual injuries. I did the same thing last year with 2 rouen drakes, they would never fight. Every bird will be different. This probably won't work for you because the mallard is smaller, all 3 of these are the same size. If it is possible you could re home two drakes and replace them with a few hens. I do not like keeping MD drakes with chickens because they can cause a lot of problems, I do let them free range together though, the chickens can just avoid the drakes then.

 

[DuckyDonna]

are they trying to mate the hens? That can cause internal damage to the chicken hen, chickens dont have penises so the chickens arent made for the duck wang.

A few people here have only male ducks. i wish my memory was better but @SuperDuck has two males and mabye can remember who else has males

The most common advice would be to get like 12 females ducks for them so they can spread their concentration out

@thumper650 has drakes

 

[chickens really]

Definitely rehoming is always easier than trying to keep Drakes together..I get rid of what I don't need because it's less stress on you and the Birds.

 

[thumper650]

@thumper650 has drakes

I do. And right now they're a bunch of jerks, and will be until August, late August!
This year I have 2 runners and 2 pekins. They are weird. When they are all together, it can be a brawl, or they can free range a bit peacefully until one gets aggressive.
They're seperated in their run, pekins on one side and runners on the other. They are housed separately at night and now must be seperated, because when they can't see the other adversarial team, they will attack each other.
@chickens really is right, it's kinda a pain, but we will survive the summer I'm sure.

 

[Miss Lydia]

@thumper650 your an old hand at it now.

 

[SuperDuck]

Chuck and Buck have their moments.... like today while they were swimming in the pool. We squirt them with the hose and they stopped .

Because they're around us so much, any duckie bickering is stopped by us just as quick as it starts

 

[thumper650]

@thumper650 your an old hand at it now.

It's funny, when I bring them out to their separated outside pen in the woodsy part of the yard, the runners go right into their side on their own!

 

[Mz M]

Definitely rehoming is always easier than trying to keep Drakes together..I get rid of what I don't need because it's less stress on you and the Birds.

Thanks...probably what I will have to do.