Drakes fighting.

[emjay]

Will drakes kill each other, or is their fighting just a bunch of feather pulling, chest bashing, pinning down behaviors. I am worried of them trying to drown each other in the pond. Anyone ever had that happen to them before?

My ratio for hens to drakes is wrong, I am currently looking for some more hens, rather then having to part with a drake.

 

[Goat_Walker]

What breed?

How many ?

do you lock them up or have a pen to seperate them?



When i first started out i had 3 drakes and one hen. Fighting ALL THE TIME. So I ended up leaving my oldest, sweetest drake with the hen and locked the remaining drakes in a seperate pen. That way they could be with eachother on either sides of the pen but the drakes didnt fight and my single gal got a break.

 

[gofasterstripe]

Thanks God & Iamcuriositycat that my 2 drakes get on so well together. If 1 gets to have rooty toot with the girls they both whistle, stick their little mowhawks up and run round patting each other on the back. They are such hams.

 

[FenDruadin]

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That really made me laugh, thanks!

On a serious note--yes, they will seriously injure or even kill one another sometimes. I had that happen before I knew what I was doing, and I still regret that I didn't stop it before it got so bad. I just kept thinking they would work it out eventually. Which they did, but not in a way that made me happy.

If you can put your favorite (mild-tempered) guy in with the girls & the rest of the boys in a separate area, it should reduce the fighting. Add more females & try again. Good luck!

 

[emjay]

THey are about 7 months old now.

Today they were getting along fine. I am hoping to find more girls, as I don't have a setup where I can isolate a boy from everyone.
If no girls are to be found, I will have to part with one. Which is okay, but, I'd rather not.