Courting/Mating Issues

nolamimi504

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Nov 12, 2020
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Ponchatoula, Louisiana
I have four ducks:
Midnight (Cayuga), Male
Chocolate (Khaki Campbell) Male
Goldie (Pekin) Female
Half-pint (Mallard) Male (for sure thought it was a female till last weekend)
I have 3 males and a female, poor Goldie has had both Chocolate & Midnight bobbing their heads in front of her trying to vie for her attention. She seems to have taken a liking to Midnight, and prepared herself for him to mount her but Chocolate always interferes. He’s even mounted Goldie without Goldie preparing herself. This is all new behavior for them, we got them when they were ducklings and love them. I don’t like being away from home to long because of them lol...how can I get Chocolate to stop this behavior? What can I do? Should we get another female?
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This is always hard to hear, especially for new duck owners. But, its the truth and better to know ahead of time rather than experience it yourself.
3 drakes and one hen is not a good ratio. The drakes will overmate her. She can be severely injured, killed, or drowned. The boys will fight. Getting just one more female will not work. 2 females per male is the absolute minimum, some drakes need 3-5 each. Some people have all drake flocks, or you could separate the males and get another girl as a friend to your female duck. You could get rid of the girl and just keep the boys, or have one boy and get more girls. As long as there is the proper ratio, or only one sex, or you separate, whatever option is fine. I hope you can work this out. Best of luck.
 
This is always hard to hear, especially for new duck owners. But, its the truth and better to know ahead of time rather than experience it yourself.
3 drakes and one hen is not a good ratio. The drakes will overmate her. She can be severely injured, killed, or drowned. The boys will fight. Getting just one more female will not work. 2 females per male is the absolute minimum, some drakes need 3-5 each. Some people have all drake flocks, or you could separate the males and get another girl as a friend to your female duck. You could get rid of the girl and just keep the boys, or have one boy and get more girls. As long as there is the proper ratio, or only one sex, or you separate, whatever option is fine. I hope you can work this out. Best of luck.
Yeah duckiemum helped me realize that to. I had 7 drakes and 4 females. If I were you get a few more females and no more males
 
I have four ducks:
Midnight (Cayuga), Male
Chocolate (Khaki Campbell) Male
Goldie (Pekin) Female
Half-pint (Mallard) Male (for sure thought it was a female till last weekend)
I have 3 males and a female, poor Goldie has had both Chocolate & Midnight bobbing their heads in front of her trying to vie for her attention. She seems to have taken a liking to Midnight, and prepared herself for him to mount her but Chocolate always interferes. He’s even mounted Goldie without Goldie preparing herself. This is all new behavior for them, we got them when they were ducklings and love them. I don’t like being away from home to long because of them lol...how can I get Chocolate to stop this behavior? What can I do? Should we get another female?
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Separate the one troublesome male, is what I would do!
 
This is always hard to hear, especially for new duck owners. But, its the truth and better to know ahead of time rather than experience it yourself.
3 drakes and one hen is not a good ratio. The drakes will overmate her. She can be severely injured, killed, or drowned. The boys will fight. Getting just one more female will not work. 2 females per male is the absolute minimum, some drakes need 3-5 each. Some people have all drake flocks, or you could separate the males and get another girl as a friend to your female duck. You could get rid of the girl and just keep the boys, or have one boy and get more girls. As long as there is the proper ratio, or only one sex, or you separate, whatever option is fine. I hope you can work this out. Best of luck.
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This is always hard to hear, especially for new duck owners. But, its the truth and better to know ahead of time rather than experience it yourself.
3 drakes and one hen is not a good ratio. The drakes will overmate her. She can be severely injured, killed, or drowned. The boys will fight. Getting just one more female will not work. 2 females per male is the absolute minimum, some drakes need 3-5 each. Some people have all drake flocks, or you could separate the males and get another girl as a friend to your female duck. You could get rid of the girl and just keep the boys, or have one boy and get more girls. As long as there is the proper ratio, or only one sex, or you separate, whatever option is fine. I hope you can work this out. Best of luck.
I agree with duckiemum, I had more than one rooster per flock before and it didn't work out cause they were always challenging each other
 

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