Aggressive adult male Call duck towards his 4 week old ducklings

[Quack and Waddle]

My male duck was fine in same pen with Mom, Auntie and ducklings when they were tiny. Now that they are 4 weeks old, both he and Auntie have begun attacking them. Difficulty separating them at night because I currently have one shed for them. We are picking up another today, but takes time to assemble. Should I bring them into my house and keep in a dog crate for now or would that be too stressful for them.
I have another duckling from same parents but a week younger and smaller.
She has been in the house since hatched.
Eventually my goal is to keep the adults in one pen and ducklings in the other, once it’s all set up. Help!!!
I was naively thinking ducks are gentle animals and everyone who get along!!!

 

[ruthhope]

Can you separate them in a dog crate inside the the shed? I have 2 dog crates in my duck house that I separate ducklings and a pekin drake from my muscovy drakes. It works well if you have room

 

[Quack and Waddle]

Can you separate them in a dog crate inside the the shed? I have 2 dog crates in my duck house that I separate ducklings and a pekin drake from my muscovy drakes. It works well if you have room

Yes. They are now in a dog crate in the shed and the adults are free inside. Hopefully our new shed will be completed this week. It also has an outdoor run attached. Now I have to hope the the larger ducklings accept my little one. They are 4 weeks old and she is 4 days younger. I can’t imagine ducklings being territorial, but who knows….

 

[ruthhope]

Good luck! I hope the integration goes well without the hostilities I am experiencing this summer with my flock.

My flock is all drakes [rescues and rehomes.] I have a pugnacious pekin drake that for inexplicable reasons has taken against my all white muscovy drake. He comes out of his crate every morning and immediately tries to bit the caruncles on the face of the white muscovy. He doesn't do it with the black and white muscovy. Not surprisingly, the white muscovy doesn't like it and after a year of putting up with it, this summer has decided to fight back: standing on the pekin drake and biting him hard. I try and stop them by having a hose on hand when I let them out of the duck house in the morning. I don't hesitate to use the hose -- neither of those 2 boys likes water. Then I got two rescued ducklings that turned out to be jumbo pekin. One didn't survive but the other grew into a very beautiful adolescent drake. So now, I have beautiful big white jumbo pekin drake that wants to be boss duck over my pugnacious pekin drake, who has broken off wing feathers from altercations with the white muscovy. The two pekins make threatening motions to each other all day and fight if they get face to face. pugnacious pekin drake has forgotten his animosity with the white muscovy, although the white muscovy hasn't forgotten and persists in biting him and trying to exclude him from food. So, every day oneof the pekins is in drake jail -- confined to the duck house which is 5' x 10' with a 10" side comprised of bars covered with hardware cloth and a white tarp that is usually raised at this time of year. I alternate which drake is in jail every day. The two boys spend all day running up and down the side of the duck house threatening each other through the bars. It's quite bizarre. But they will each remain in drake jail on alternate days until their hormones settle down and they stop fighting!!

 

[Amykins]

I feel your pain. My Bean hit henopause this year and now she thinks she's a drake, constantly picking fights with my male Wobbles. I have to seperate them constantly, which is no easy task cuz she's so tenacious.

Please keep us updated, hopefully once the babies are bigger he'll leave them alone!