A solution to gang raping drakes?

[Kimmyh51]

Im just curious...

What if there was a way to have multiple drakes free ranging or housed with female ducks in spring?

Something that did not involve medicating your drakes, separating your drakes from the females,putting the drakes in the freezer or a pot, or any training.

Something that was close to 100% effective, comma, and could be applied to any drake, even the randiest little shit, in less than five minutes, and would last for weeks.

Drake owners and lovers out there, would you be interested in something like this?

And if so, how much would you be prepared to pay, per drake, per spring season, to allow your drakes to free range with your females and not have to worry about females being gang raped by multiple drakes? Or for that matter, silly drakes injuring their legs while crazily chasing girls?

 

[Toad9000]

I might pay 50$ or so per season. But that's just 'cause my drake happens to be my favorite duck.

 

[Jenbirdee]

Yes I agree with Toad

 

[Yardmom]

I let my drakes free range with my duck hens all year. I try to keep 1/1. The more paired off the drake/hens are with territory to call their own the less likely the drakes are to go force other hens to pay attention to them. (If you remove the drakes you upset the bonds, so the birds are constantly trying to find a new pair and there will be more fighting and forced matings) I have noticed that those that are a year old tend to be more likely to just form a juvenile group.

This year I had two pair set up a territory at a pond away from all the others. Unfortunately being so far from the night pen they stayed out 24/7. One hen was taken when she went to lay. The other hen stayed with those 2 drakes until the pond started to freeze. That hen does not even have a mating mark on her neck. Once bonded the drakes do not over mate the hen.