crazy ducks

[Kristine73]

Why must my ducks think that they should sit on each other and on my chicken hens? I know they are boys and boys well will be boys but is there a way i can stop this behavior because right now they are all separated during the day from each other. They also are pulling the feathers off each others necks when they do this i am guessing they are just trying to mate I have herd this but i am not sure how true it is. If you take there curl feather out they will not have the crazy behaviors. Can anyone give me any advice on these wonderful crazy creatures Please?

 

[needlessjunk]

Why must my ducks think that they should sit on each other and on my chicken hens? I know they are boys and boys well will be boys but is there a way i can stop this behavior because right now they are all separated during the day from each other. They also are pulling the feathers off each others necks when they do this i am guessing they are just trying to mate I have herd this but i am not sure how true it is. If you take there curl feather out they will not have the crazy behaviors. Can anyone give me any advice on these wonderful crazy creatures Please? If you have all males then you will need to keep them away from your chickens.

Sounds like they are mating. Ducks mating chickens needs to be addressed ASAP. Ducks will injure your chickens due to them having a penis while roosters do not. So chickens are not able to handle the breeding and in the worse case it will cause death. Do you just have males or do you have females with the drakes? If you do not have enough female ducks per drake they will over breed them and cause injury. You should be looking at 3 or more females per drake.