ALL male flock of ducks???

The most aggression will occur next breeding season...... early spring, however they will start mating behavior in a few months.

You could build a separate pen for the females and keep just one male with them.
 
My experience has not been good. I ordered mix ducks from tractor supply and it was all males. I recently separated the poor male pekin who had the 3 Indian runners and 2 mallards fighting over who got to go next. If I had known this was going to happen I wouldn't have ordered.
 
Very sorry,it’s sad when hormones get the best of them and abuse takes over maybe consider keeping the two calmest and rehoming the others. Once they start there isn’t much else you can do:( @Amandahaschickens
 
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I haven't done it myself, but some people who train herding dogs keep all male flocks. Breed makes a difference, most of the all male flocks are Runners. The important things are lots of space and no females at all.
 
I have 4 drakes, 2 pekins since last March, and 2 runners I got a few weeks ago. They all get along right now, but one of my pekins goes after one of my runners sometimes. My other runner, seems to break up the fight. Last summer my 2 pekins had to be separated, they were fighting constantly. This summer I fully expect to have to keep everyone in separated with little fences, depending on how things go. I think sometimes it matters on the personality of the ducks too. I'll try pairing my docile runner with my docile pekin and see how it goes. I know it's not ideal, but if you're attached to your boys like I am, it may be worth the extra work of little fences.
 
I do now by default. What was once a huge Muscovy flock(dozens upon dozens) is now down to less than 20, and 1 female is all that is there.

Clearly i will be trying to rehome her because that is a nightmare to have around, anyways once as all my females were killed my boys broke down into mini flocks and for the most part are fine together, they certainly don't wander like my females did nor are they getting killed as easily.

They clear the fields just fine and pull at my pant legs for food so they are not wild or crazy or aggressive if anything to under foot given the large size of the breed.
 

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