Duck not mating with all females.

[Yaima0901]

I have one malllard duck(male) and 4 females I started to notice that he is only mating with 2 of the 4 and they are losing feathers and running away from him. How do I get him to mate with all of them? I separated the 2 females to give them a break and he doesn’t touch the other two but as soon as I try to put them all together he goes straight to mate with them. How can I fix this? Thanks in advance I’m new here!

 

[sourland]

Sounds like the only way to get him to breed the second two hens is to separate him from his favorites. Allowing him access to his favorites once a week will assure that they produce fertile eggs. Some drakes form strong pair bonds and will mate only with their favorites.

 

[cheezenkwackers]

My drake mates with all four of my hens but he picks on two of them. I keep him separated from those two the majority of the spring and summer. I thought he wasn’t mating with the other two since they aren’t missing feathers, but I recently set 10 eggs and they all were fertile. I think drakes are bullies who keep the bottom females in line by raping them. I would give your two injured girls lots of time without him.