9wk old ducks; okay to mate?

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Luv Ducks said:
My neighbor works where there is a large pond in front of the business where he is at. He spends his lunch hour watching the ducks while he eats. He told me it makes him sick how many Hens he sees die on the pond as 2 and 3 drakes are all getting on top of her at the same time and drown her. I notice in our area I see so many drakes and so few hens. This is why. Drakes can be awful to the Hens during mating season. We do have to protect them if we are responsible flock owners.
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Oh how horrible...that's when it's time to carry a BB gun or paint gun. Save the hens! Ugh.
 
Luv Ducks said:
Since Mallards are migratory birds and protected he would get in serious trouble if he tried to intervene but I am with you. It would be hard to watch and I am sure it does not help his stomach when eating his lunch.
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Wonder if a discreet slingshot or something might could deter them and not get him in trouble.
Odd that no conservation group would try to assist w some of that. Especially since they’re sooo many males and not enough females.
 
BlessedChaosFarm said:
Wonder if a discreet slingshot or something might could deter them and not get him in trouble.
Odd that no conservation group would try to assist w some of that. Especially since they’re sooo many males and not enough females.
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ugh grrr no slingshot , you dont want them to live suffering with injuries. get a rowboat and a net. capture the girls and take them home, or capture the boys and eat them.
 
BlessedChaosFarm said:
Wonder if a discreet slingshot or something might could deter them and not get him in trouble.
Odd that no conservation group would try to assist w some of that. Especially since they’re sooo many males and not enough females.
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In Canada there is hunting season for mallards. My husband use to hunt them many years ago
He only ever took the drakes no idea if the females are even allowed to be taken
I use to get upset when he would hunt ducks but now I understand it
Less drakes makes it much easier on the girls in the wild
Now we own ducks and I can’t even get him to eat a duck egg cause we hatched ducklings from eggs 😂
We don’t eat our ducks they are pets only !!!
My drakes are pretty good with my girls and I have a second smaller pen I can block the boys off if the girls need breaks
I Also do not let my drakes around the younger ducks till about 3.5-4 months
 
Luv Ducks said:
Since Mallards are migratory birds and protected he would get in serious trouble if he tried to intervene but I am with you. It would be hard to watch and I am sure it does not help his stomach when eating his lunch.
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i thought people who duck hunt shoot mallards every day?
 
BlessedChaosFarm said:
Wonder if a discreet slingshot or something might could deter them and not get him in trouble.
Odd that no conservation group would try to assist w some of that. Especially since they’re sooo many males and not enough females.
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Yes they would just tell you it's the balance of nature and I know during duck hunt season only the males get shot so I think that is how they figure it all balances out.
 
Jenbirdee said:
ugh grrr no slingshot , you dont want them to live suffering with injuries. get a rowboat and a net. capture the girls and take them home, or capture the boys and eat them.
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You can shoot things from slingshots that don’t equal injury or death. Lol
And capturing wild life is frowned upon and even means fines or jail time in some areas. Lol
 

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