Duck Hen mounting another duck hen…

[urlocalcrazychickenlady]

Does anyone have an issue with your hens mounting your other hens?? Is that normal and how do I make it stop, if there even is a way…? It grosses me out All of my hens do it except for one. I have 3 that do it every now and then, not very often, and it’s only ever in water. Also, they do it whether there are drakes in the flock or not.

 

[sourland]

Ducks are extremely hormonally driven. They truly believe: "If you can't be with the one you love, love the one you're with."

 

[urlocalcrazychickenlady]

Ducks are extremely hormonally driven. They truly believe: "If you can't be with the one you love, love the one you're with."

Aghhhhhh

 

[Papaye]

Hi.

Does anyone have an issue with your hens mounting your other hens??

Yep. Can happen sometimes... from what I have seen, more so during mating season, given hormones are generally out of control at the time...

Is that normal and how do I make it stop, if there even is a way…?

It is normal, and there is no way to stop it.

Looks like a show of dominance going on here : your ducks sound to be establishing a social hierarchy...?

(Even for drakes, when they want to assert dominance, they do the same : they mount each other.
But that mostly happens during mating season.)

It grosses me out

Technically, it is not a sexual behaviour.