Attack Duck

[chrisb01]

Hello everyone.. I have a duck and a chicken.. They hatched the same day, Oct 5th, 2017, and been together since.. They are inseparable.. For the last 3 weeks or so the duck has been attacking me and everyone else that comes near him.. He also chases me to try to bite me, and does bite me.. I don't know what to do.. Help..

 

[Soon2BChixMom]

I am sorry, but I find it funny that your avatar is the U.S. Marine symbol and this post is about a duck attacking ....

Do you feed it from your hand? Is it the only duck you have? What kind of duck? It is spring mating season. Maybe it fancies you. But, then I would be afraid it might fancy your chickens if it is a drake.

 

[CayugaJana]

What do you do when he chases and bites you? I charge my male when he tries to chase me. I definitely don’t back down or he will think I’m below him and try to boss me. Now when he’s being a jerk all I have to do is start walking to him and he knows to quit. Or I put my finger in the air and he will quit if I’m close. Because I’ve smacked him on the bill. Not hard enough to hurt him, but they despise their heads being touched so they don’t like it.

I’ve put my boot in his bum too. Again not hard enough to hurt him, but just enough to disturb his behavior.

 

[laurita1510]

This my sound crazy bit it worked with us.

My drake was like that and my partner heldoesn't him tight and looked him right in the eye and told him off firmly. He bit and bit and realised we are no threat and no longer bites x

 

[ronott1]

Male ducks have an appendage

 

[Soon2BChixMom]

My drake Gilbert does this exact thing to me, and nips my toes, heel, and when he sees me within a distance of 40 ft he charges after me as fast as his butt can go to get me. I can't wear sandals around him, or otherwise he especially goes for toes. It doesn't really hurt, Call duck bills are so stubby after all, but it gets annoying, and sort of scary so I run screaming from him sometimes.
Hormones I guess. Drake thing. He's either seeing me as a threat, or saying he's the boss. Him and his brother Jasper chase the roosters around, and are really aggressive to the chickens actually. They view ducks as a superior species.

Might want to stop that behavior. You can reprimand gently. A quick nip with your fingers to their beak or neck should do the trick.

 

[chrisb01]

Thanks, I've been 'delicately' smacking him, lol.. I'll report back in a couple of days and let you know how we are doing..

 

[GldnValleyHens]

So I can tell if it is a male?

Does it make a raspy sound, not a loud quack like female ducks do? Drakes sound like a smoker with a cold.

 

[chrisb01]

Does it make a raspy sound, not a loud quack like female ducks do? Drakes sound like a smoker with a cold.

Yes

 

[chrisb01]

Not exactly. This is what they mean.

"When a rooster mates with a hen, he mounts her and, standing on her back, lowers his cloaca (vent) and the hen inverts her own cloaca to meet with his. There is no penetration, but the sperm packet released by the male is taken into the hen's cloaca or vent.May 9, 2013
http://naturalchickenkeeping.blogspot.com/2013/05/how-do-chickens-do-it-chicken-sex.html

How ducks mate: https://sciencing.com/ducks-mate-4569594.html

I'll get reading, thanks a lot, really appreciate that..