Drake causing issues?

[metallica21156]

so I have 3 Peking females,1 Indian runner female, 2 Indian runner males, 2 kacki Campbell females and 1 kacki male. The kackis are about 6 months old and the others are over a year. All winter I was getting 3 eggs a day for the most part. Now I'm down to maybe 2 a day. I don't think I've ever gotten anything from the runner. Some days I only get 1 egg. I know the one male runner is always chasing the kackis around and try's to have his way with the females a lot. I'm wondering if his aggressions towards the kackis and the pekings is causing a egg reduction. Also production of eggs was already low before the kackis were out side with everyone else.

 

[Miss Lydia]

Could very well be harassment by the drakes will cause the females to lay less.

My Runner drake was really going after my females scovy's a while back but now he has narrowed his pursuit to 2 of them and he chases then just stands on them and doesn't mate them . Hormones make them do crazy things.

You ratio is off too, each drake needs to have at least 3and up females of his own to keep mating a bit under control, and the girls less messed with.

 

[chickens really]

Ducks dont lay like Chickens....They will lay for a season take a break and then start laying again...I agree..You have too many Drakes....

 

[metallica21156]

Since I've been leaving the one drake separated from the rest at night I'm getting a constant 3-4 a day. So obviously I'm going to have to rehome him.