Bully drakes

qhlover

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May 15, 2015
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I have 2 drakes that are bullying our smaller drake. We only had one girl for tell this weekend. I thought that was the problem so I got two more girls but the two larger drakes are still bulling the little guy. Right now I have them separated
 
I have 2 drakes that are bullying our smaller drake. We only had one girl for tell this weekend. I thought that was the problem so I got two more girls but the two larger drakes are still bulling the little guy. Right now I have them separated
And most likely you'll have to keep it that way. I had 4 drakes and i had to keep them all separate from each other with their own girls I did this for 3 yrs until this year I decided to try and find good home non eating homes for them and did now I have a very old drake and a 4yr old drake they have to be kept apart but it is so much better now with out the other 2 the flock is calmer and happier and I am too. If you can do it and want to keep this lil drake maybe get him a couple of girls for his very own or think about rehoming him.Putting him through the stress of the 2 bullies every day is not good for his health.
 
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What I don't understand is the big boys get along just find. Even with girls around


Ducks have friends and personalities just like any other creatures. It's like asking why certain cats or dogs don't get along. I've seen people do the impossible, like keeping 3 male rabbits or 2 male hamsters together. Something which isn't supposed to be possible. That said, I've seen 2 male ducks duke it out over 2 dozen females for no reason but personality. Some just *don't* no matter what you do.

The Mallard that's my photo is one of 2 males that were their own little trio with a female. Technically, this won't work---2 males and 1 female--but they were inseparable. They loved each other. And removing one of the males caused much drama and strife and I don't think the remaining duo would of ever been the same. Duckduck(small male), Charlie (x-large male) and Webbie(female) were who they were.

Sometimes, though rarely, female ducks don't get along. It happens. Not every animal will get along, unfortunatly. With male ducks, this happens even more.
 
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That's exactly what I would say too, and always seems the smallest gets picked on same with human bullies too.


Their is a wierd problem with the site trying to post before I finish when I turn off notifications. I edited my reply while you were quoting :p

Sometimes it's just personality not big vs little. Like I said above Charle (huge mallard) and Duckduck (small mallard) got along very well with Webby (female medium size). Size does seem to be a factor, but not always.
 
Their is a wierd problem with the site trying to post before I finish when I turn off notifications. I edited my reply while you were quoting :p

Sometimes it's just personality not big vs little. Like I said above Charle (huge mallard) and Duckduck (small mallard) got along very well with Webby (female medium size). Size does seem to be a factor, but not always.
Very true I sure won't argue that point, all my drakes were pretty much same size and they just could not live together at all simply would not work this is on half acre fenced property too. Seems once 1 gets singled out there is not much help in changing things.
 
Agreed, unfortunatly, once ducks decide that someone is not cool, than that's it. I think that there are alot of factors that can play into it, in particular love of a one particular female over another. I have 5 males and 5 females right now (4 are becoming roast duck on Sunday) and they are actually all functioning pretty well, however when there is a fight it is between 2 of the males over one particular female...like oh wow an episode of Jerry Springducker in my backyard.
 
I left the bully drakes caged over night. This morning I let the less aggressive of the two out. He was concerned about being with the flock again and did not show any aggression fingers crossed this may work
 
I left the bully drakes caged over night. This morning I let the less aggressive of the two out. He was concerned about being with the flock again and did not show any aggression fingers crossed this may work
I hope it does sometimes shaking up the pecking order can help but you might have to keep them up longer than over night.
 

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