Ok, I have two call drakes - one of them is definately the bottom duckie in the pond. The poor guy is being mauled (not injured, but roughed up so badly his feathers will have to grow back after he molts.)
I now have him and his lady seperated to their own coop, but I was wondering if the agression is just because it is breeding season and if this will stop once they go back to "normal" and aren't mating.
Or, will I have an on-going problem and I need to find a new home for the pair with the roughed up boy?
I really like that pair, they're the only calls I have names for, so far. But, I like the looks of the others, too, and the drake is definately more "breeding" oriented. The more passive drake hasn't even tried to mate with his girl. On the other hand, the blue drake, the more "manly" one, has mated with anything that can't escape him and happens to be a duck (even the roughed up drake's female).
I don't expect to get any babies out of the pair this year, but I figured if I could get him back into "wooing" shape, then maybe next spring I can make sure to seperate them before this happens again.
I'm sort of new to ducks in general, and never even saw a Call Duck until I got the first pair a month or so ago.
thanks -
meri
I now have him and his lady seperated to their own coop, but I was wondering if the agression is just because it is breeding season and if this will stop once they go back to "normal" and aren't mating.
Or, will I have an on-going problem and I need to find a new home for the pair with the roughed up boy?
I really like that pair, they're the only calls I have names for, so far. But, I like the looks of the others, too, and the drake is definately more "breeding" oriented. The more passive drake hasn't even tried to mate with his girl. On the other hand, the blue drake, the more "manly" one, has mated with anything that can't escape him and happens to be a duck (even the roughed up drake's female).
I don't expect to get any babies out of the pair this year, but I figured if I could get him back into "wooing" shape, then maybe next spring I can make sure to seperate them before this happens again.
I'm sort of new to ducks in general, and never even saw a Call Duck until I got the first pair a month or so ago.
thanks -
meri