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You'll probably have to somehow keep them where they can see but not touch each other for quite long time before they will get along. Or try letting your runners out for a while and leaving the mallards penned up so the runners can establish some dominance over the territory? It seems to me anyting you can do to change up the territorialness is what has worked for me. Your mallards already view the yard as theirs. You'll probably have to change it up somehow. Maybe move their pool to a neutral location?
hope You can get it worked out.
I kept having to laugh as the attacks happened my main attacker is a bossy hen and she has an attack quack and she would run over to them and just stand there quacking. They would look down at her and when they wouldn’t move she’d bite them. Then they would run at them and runners kept hopping over them too as the ran towards them. The runners came into their cage and were eating the food and they were all fine together, but the pool the mallards were mean . What makes it funnier is I’ll be right there and say no and my mallards give me a huge innocent face like I wasn’t doing anything to it and walk awayYou'll probably have to somehow keep them where they can see but not touch each other for quite long time before they will get along. Or try letting your runners out for a while and leaving the mallards penned up so the runners can establish some dominance over the territory? It seems to me anyting you can do to change up the territorialness is what has worked for me. Your mallards already view the yard as theirs. You'll probably have to change it up somehow. Maybe move their pool to a neutral location?
And sorry, but I had to laugh a little bit cause you would think the runners would tower over the mallards and the bullying would be the other way around
I think it's all about territory.
What’s so bad is I have one big black tub(old horse’s feed bowl), two kiddie pools, another smaller black tub, and a small tote box I made as a nest box/pool for them. my mallards are feisty over water apparently. I have some water bowls in my chick coop and she bites the chickens over their water.Hello. I have two kiddie pools and multiple water stations set up when I free range. My one Hen is Bossy too. Kiddie pools are sacred.
Oh you also house Chickens with your Ducks?..Mine hate Chickens so I have mine separately. My Ducks hate the Chickens..
...Some Ducks don't accept Runners to easily either.
I had them with one, but I moved her because their cage is so muddy(playing with their water.) They stick their heads in my chicken cage and drink out of their bowls that are attached to the cage. When the chicks want water they pick themOh you also house Chickens with your Ducks?..Mine hate Chickens so I have mine separately. My Ducks hate the Chickens..
