Attacking each other?!?!

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so i have an 18(?) week old khaki campbell hen, a 9 week old rouen hen, and a 9 week old khaki campbell drake. lately whenever i have them in the pool, the older girl and the drake have been fighting.

on one of the videos, he attacks her (the same way i’ve seen him try to attack my cat) and then on the other video she is laying down and chases him all the sudden?

https://photos.app.goo.gl/5TQnMLKw6MpMdfCKA

i remember when my other drakes were this age, they wouldn’t attack each other at all and would play nicely in the pool
 
(trying my best to be "family friendly" here... lol)

The way that ducks mate is not pretty. It looks brutal, actually. So it will get worse. BUT... its totally natural. You will think the girls are going to drown, you will swear that they are hurting them. Then you will see the girls initiating it, and think "Girl, are you crazy!!".. :lol:

It is possible for a drake to "over-mate" a hen, but one drake with 2 hens should be fine. Worst issues come with drakes that are considerably larger than the hens, or having too high of a drake to hen ratio. I think in your situation, having a hen that is the oldest, I believe they will work things out just fine.
 
(trying my best to be "family friendly" here... lol)

The way that ducks mate is not pretty. It looks brutal, actually. So it will get worse. BUT... its totally natural. You will think the girls are going to drown, you will swear that they are hurting them. Then you will see the girls initiating it, and think "Girl, are you crazy!!".. :lol:

It is possible for a drake to "over-mate" a hen, but one drake with 2 hens should be fine. Worst issues come with drakes that are considerably larger than the hens, or having too high of a drake to hen ratio. I think in your situation, having a hen that is the oldest, I believe they will work things out just fine.
the drake is bigger than my oldest girl, but they are the same breed so pretty close to the same size. the other girl is a rouen so she is noticeably bigger than him
 

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