Drake Attacking His Brother

[oliviamorris005]

Hello everyone! Recently my male Swedish duck has been very aggressive to his brother (I have two Swedish drakes). He only shows this behavior in the pool, where he bites the back of his brother’s neck and tries to get on top of him. This sometimes results in him getting drowned and I either break them up or it will resolve in about 1-2 minutes. I know that this is mating behavior and they have pent up sexual aggression due to the lack of a female duck. Is there anything I can do to solve his aggressive behavior?

 

[lost-duckling]

get a female or get rid of one of them

 

[oliviamorris005]

get a female or get rid of one of them

I would get a female however, I don’t have enough room for multiple females. I wouldn’t get just one due to the risk of her getting over-mated. I would like to avoid getting rid of him because that would leave my other drake alone.

 

[cheezenkwackers]

Same sex practice mating is pretty common. I really wouldn’t worry about it unless he is being injured. I think he will avoid the pool if he feels threatened. My lowest pecking order female does not go in the pool when my drake has spring hormones.

 

[SolarDuck]

If you can't add at least like 6 females, it's not worth considering. Ducks will "mate" with whatever duck is available regardless of gender. I'd just keep a close eye on them and if it seems he is being injured in any way you can separate them during mating season.

 

[fatty and friends]

you don’t need to get females or rehome either of them, drakes do fine with just other drakes. get two pools if possible or just let them have seperate swim times but besides that they should be perfectly happy together (also toys help keep them entertained, so they don’t get bored and fight because they have nothing to do)

i have 3 drakes 2 hens so the two older drakes are separated from the girls/younger drakes and are best friends. they even love when my third drake spends time with them

 

[Miss Lydia]

You could give them separate pools and bachelor pens till fall. Many have to do that. They can still see each other but can’t bully or injure.

 

[oliviamorris005]

Awesome! Thank you all for the input.