Agressive Muscovy male

[ggowan]

Our Drake is ripping feathers from 2 of our girls to the point of bleeding, then reopening the wound. We have separated those 2 from the group and now he has started on another... We thought with time he would accept them but it's been a while. If we separated him, he will stop at nothing to get back with the flock, to the point of hurting himself. I'm asking for ideas on how to remedy this behaviour as we love him otherwise but can't allow this to go on.

 

[ruthhope]

Our Drake is ripping feathers from 2 of our girls to the point of bleeding, then reopening the wound. We have separated those 2 from the group and now he has started on another... We thought with time he would accept them but it's been a while. If we separated him, he will stop at nothing to get back with the flock, to the point of hurting himself. I'm asking for ideas on how to remedy this behaviour as we love him otherwise but can't allow this to go on.

Your drake has got stuck in aggressive destructive ways. He has to go in drake jail. Can you separate him where he cannot see or hear the other ducks? Is there a female he hasnt attacked that might move in with him under supervision?

I rescued 2 juvenile pekin drakes in April. Both were in a very sorry state (dirty, thin and dehydrated) but one had lost the feathers round his left eye and down his neck. The two were very tightly bonded and stood with their necks wrapped round each other when ill at ease, but it quickly became aparent that one drake was abusing the other. The behaviour didn't stop despite separation during quarantine and rehab. Therefore I separated the two. The aggressor went to my son's flock for about 10 weeks. When he came back, he was still tightly bonded with the second juvenile drake but no longer able to bully him. The feather pulling and biting did not restart. So I think, if your drake is separated for a couple of months, it might break his aggressive behavior

 

[ggowan]

Your drake has got stuck in aggressive destructive ways. He has to go in drake jail. Can you separate him where he cannot see or hear the other ducks? Is there a female he hasnt attacked that might move in with him under supervision?

I rescued 2 juvenile pekin drakes in April. Both were in a very sorry state (dirty, thin and dehydrated) but one had lost the feathers round his left eye and down his neck. The two were very tightly bonded and stood with their necks wrapped round each other when ill at ease, but it quickly became aparent that one drake was abusing the other. The behaviour didn't stop despite separation during quarantine and rehab. Therefore I separated the two. The aggressor went to my son's flock for about 10 weeks. When he came back, he was still tightly bonded with the second juvenile drake but no longer able to bully him. The feather pulling and biting did not restart. So I think, if your drake is separated for a couple of months, it might break his aggressive behavior

I think I'll give that a go. We can't keep them too far from each other but we should be able to make a fence he can't get over. Thanks for the suggestion