Drake Aggression...Huh??

[Mashallaharabia]

I have two drakes, father and son, and 11 hens. All are Muscovies except for one Pekin hen. I have never seen ANY aggression at all among my ducks. Both drakes actively breed, the hens lay like crazy, the few times they do bite each other it's just a little nudge, just sort of "move over, you're in my way". Nor have my drakes EVER shown the least aggression to me; they aren't "tame" as I don't need or want them to be, but I do pick them up a few times a year to clip the wings. My current avatar is the senior drake, who is a gentle fellow, protective of newborn ducklings and never rough with the hens. I did introduce a pair of Pekins to the flock of Muscovies; sold the Pekin drake the next year as I don't want crossbred ducks, but I just brought the Pekins home and threw them in with the Muscovies, no trouble at all. Mine all live in one flock, I have never separated them for any reason. Maybe it's just my flock, but really I've never seen any of the aggression other people keep talking about.

 

[Nyssa03]

lucky for you

 

[Mashallaharabia]

I don't think "luck" has anything to do with it at all.
At least part of the reason is that I keep them in as natural a state as possible. No incubators, no brood lamps, no handling as ducklings. They are farm animals, not pets. I rarely handle them except to clip wings. All mine were hatched and raised by their mothers and NOT imprinted on humans or made into pets! They free range, eat all the insects and mice they can find, brood their young with NO help from humans, and as a result are happy, healthy, NATURAL ducks....absolutely trouble free and prolific as hell.

 

[Mashallaharabia]

I don't think "luck" has anything to do with it at all.
At least part of the reason is that I keep them in as natural a state as possible. No incubators, no brood lamps, no handling as ducklings. They are farm animals, not pets. I rarely handle them except to clip wings. All mine were hatched and raised by their mothers and NOT imprinted on humans or made into pets! They free range, eat all the insects and mice they can find, brood their young with NO help from humans, and as a result are happy, healthy, NATURAL ducks....absolutely trouble free and prolific as all

 

[Going Quackers]

Flock dynamics are incredibly complex, my ducks are pretty natural here too but nobody gets along 100%, nothing does in any creature be it, 2 or 4 legged

. It is good though overall you have harmony in your flock, i consider mine pretty copacetic too and i have more than you do.