Crazy Ducks

[PagosaMark]

I have 2 Pekin Ducks closing in on 2 years old..Pretty sure they are a pair. The male(?)Desi, had a drake curl when younger, but his tail is much more vertical than Lucy's now. He is constantly mounting up and he quacks and successfully fought off a coyote. Lucy, smaller neck, flat tail, merps not quacks. Pretty sure a female, but never seen an egg? Any insight?

Also, it's getting cold, and I don't lock them in their house because Desi(Male?) came out with a bloody neck in the morning. I made them a shelter under the deck with some straw, wind break, and they wouldn't even go in without a back door(escape route I assume) but I am worried about what happens if it get's really cold. I am in Southern Colorado, Pagosa Springs, and it can get COLD! Advice?

 

[Papaye]

Hi.

Pictures of your ducks - and even a video - would really help us to determine if they are really a male-female pair : from the details you are giving here, I have some doubts about that...

A drake doesn't quack : his voice is raspy, frog-like... actually sounds kind of broken...

A duck hen does quack; so, if you have a duck that quacks, she is a girl.

► Weird question, but given Desi mounts Lucy : have you ever seen his(?) penis?

Also, it's getting cold, and I don't lock them in their house because Desi(Male?) came out with a bloody neck in the morning. I made them a shelter under the deck with some straw, wind break, and they wouldn't even go in without a back door(escape route I assume) but I am worried about what happens if it get's really cold. I am in Southern Colorado, Pagosa Springs, and it can get COLD! Advice?

I have searched about cold temperatures in Southern Colorado, Pagosa Springs...
Can you confirm it is currently around 5 °F at most?

If so, honestly, what bothers me the most is NOT the fact your ducks don't go into their shelter during the nights : it is, instead, what has caused Desi to get out of his shelter with a bloody neck that is worrying...

► Could you post pictures, so we can give you some advices on what to do, and how to keep your ducks sheltered from the elements during the nights?
(...Pictures of Desi's neck, his usual house, and his new shelter...?)

► Do your ducks have currently access to a pond, or even a pool?
Because you would then need to keep them away from it AT LEAST during the nights, so the water doesn't freeze around them!