Duck breeding

[casportpony]

Did you read her ALERT! ALERT! thread? He 'makes her bleed and tears off her gloves and shoes'

I suspect that's because he imprinted on her.

 

[FluffTheDuck]

I have not seen this thread. I would agree that while some aggressive mating behavior is normal, especially if a drake does not have many hens, that intentionally breeding an overly aggressive drake may not be entirely responsible and may not solve the problems with your flock dynamics in the long run.

The Brahmas person did clarifie with me that this behaviour of his is just him trying to mate with me.. No thank you!

 

[MillersFarm]

eek!

I understand that a lot of people would say it's a heartless and cruel thing to do. But when you have a human aggressive bird that attacks you to the point of drawing blood I wouldn't give him to someone else to deal with that.. I'd simply eat him. Definitely wouldn't want him as a breeder too.. Don't want to pass those aggressive traits into his offspring..

 

[WVduckchick]

I will look for the other thread, as I did not see it.

 

[casportpony]

The Brahmas person did clarifie with me that this behaviour of his is just him trying to mate with me.. No thank you!

The ones raised by hand that imprint on you will do this. It can be a hard habit to break, but it can be broken.

 

[FluffTheDuck]

https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/alert-alert.1286965/#post-20832854

 

[PirateGirl]

and yes, ducks have their reproductive organs all the time... animal instincts let them know the best time of year to breed and raise young (partially due to hours of sunlight a day). Generally, for most animals this is timed so that babies are born/hatched in the spring which will give them the longest amount to time to grow and get strong to survive the following winter (harshest time of the year). This is a pretty amazing development for the survival of the species. This does not necessarily mean that it is not possible for animals to breed outside of these times, especially domesticated breeds raised in artificial environments.

 

[FluffTheDuck]

The ones raised by hand that imprint on you will do this. It can be a hard habit to break, but it can be broken.

How to break it again?

 

[WVduckchick]

After reading the other thread, I wouldn't hatch eggs because that's going to take too long. If you absolutely are going to keep him, you need more girls ASAP. Pen him alone for the majority of the day too, until you get more girls.

 

[Cyprus]

Wait, did I read that wrong? I thought you said you male ducks haven't lost their reproductive organs..

I think you are mixing up people and not reading usernames.
You've confused me with others a few times now.
MY pov: kill the drake. Ducks don't lose reproductive organs. Research duck reproduction.