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.

 

[Kimmyh51]

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

How many drakes do you have? This would be a device, oer drake, and if you just have one randy little sod you need to stop misbehaviour on, then it would cost you less than $50 (I haven't priced it yet, I am still testing it out on my many randy drakes, but i imagine the price point would be around $20usd or less)

 

[Kimmyh51]

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.

I agree that when you remove drakes you can upset those bonds. Its been one of the issues I have been struggling with, with my large flock. As some girls will have 1,2 3 or this year one had 4 drakes! Lol. And those drakes will defend their girl, and also wont usually do too much raping of other females when they have a girl to look after, though some will. But in a large flock you move a drake out because he is being a rapist, and you can create as many problems as you solve.
This solution I am working on right now (its early summer here in nz) is one that would not necessarily require you to move any drakes away from other drakes or ducks. It will allow your drakes to roam with other ducks, and therefore stay with any ducks they have bonded to as mates, and defend them if needed, but it will make it physically difficult for them to chase and rape other ducks.
I am still testing this little device, and it will be some time before I will be happy that I have been able to test it thoroughly enough to say Id want to maybe sell it to other duck owners. But so far (it is very early days though for me) it is working very well. I have only tried on two drakes so far, one is a khaki campbell chap with a tendancy to rape. And the other is a 'hinny' (drake whose mother was a muscovy and father was a mallard type, probably khaki campbell). The hinny is a very strong lad and very determined.
However we are coming to the close of the 'raping season' here, so while I can keep testing the device in terms of safety etc, I may be at the end of the season and not able to thoroughly test the ability of it to stop actual rapes, in which case I will have to wait till July, august 26 to properly test its ability to prevent rapes...

If anyone is interested in being updated on my progress in testing and refining this little device, feel free to get in touch with me by pm'ing me here.

 

[Toad9000]

How many drakes do you have? This would be a device, oer drake, and if you just have one randy little sod you need to stop misbehaviour on, then it would cost you less than $50 (I haven't priced it yet, I am still testing it out on my many randy drakes, but i imagine the price point would be around $20usd or less)

Chastity cage for a duck? I only have 2 drakes