Bully duck

[Mshafer01]

I recently added a 3 yr old call female to my flock. She is super skittish with people and my other ducks attack her. I have her separated with my black runner female and they get along fine. It doesn't look like normal pecking order behavior. 1 duck grabs her wings and pulls. I am getting 3 ducklings and 2 goslings (all 2 days old) in a few weeks and was wondering if I keep her with the ducklings and she accepts them, will they be her flock and provide enough protection until everyone settles down.

 

[GodLovesU]

@Jenbirdee, any advice?

 

[Jenbirdee]

I think keeping her with the one duck you have her with now who you already said is getting along with her is the best idea keep the two of them on one side of a fence and the other Ducks on the other side of a fence where they can all see each other. For I think at least two weeks maybe more. Than try opening the fence and see how they do. There’s always going to be some fighting, but if it gets too much or anyone gets hurt, you can split them up again for longer.
I’m not a big fan of putting your call duck with ducklings and goslings.
ETA
Even though the call duck is small if she’s an adult, she can and likely will hurt ducklings and goslings. If you really really wanted her to be part of their group, you’d have to do a fence in between her and them for a couple of weeks and also I would wait until they are old enough to have their feathers grow in before putting them together without a divider, so she’s definitely better off with the one duck that’s already her friend now in my opinion

 

[Mshafer01]

We created a space for her that has a very small cat door that the other ducks can't get thru. We let her in with everyone while we were supervising and she was able to escape into her area if needed. Our pekin has decided to be her protector and now runs off the bully duck. It's funny to see a giant pekin and tiny call snuggled together so now she has 2 out of the 5 on her friend list.