ducks attacking each other

[sforsythe10]

Hi how’s it going we have had 2 ducks about a year old and just got 4 new ones and the older male would chase the new 4 ducks around which we thought was normal. Now the little ducks are about 8 weeks and we believe 3 are females and one is male. They have been fine for all 8 weeks and now the male is attacking one of the females and trying to seclude it. I’m not sure if he’s trying to mate and is rough on him or if he’s being mean. He’s ripping feathers out of his neck and biting mostly his head and neck. Let me know if this is normal or if i should separate them somehow. thanks

 

[Duck mommy 2019]

Hi how’s it going we have had 2 ducks about a year old and just got 4 new ones and the older male would chase the new 4 ducks around which we thought was normal. Now the little ducks are about 8 weeks and we believe 3 are females and one is male. They have been fine for all 8 weeks and now the male is attacking one of the females and trying to seclude it. I’m not sure if he’s trying to mate and is rough on him or if he’s being mean. He’s ripping feathers out of his neck and biting mostly his head and neck. Let me know if this is normal or if i should separate them somehow. thanks

are the older ducks male or femLe

 

[chickens really]

I'm thinking the older Drake is either wanting to mate the young Hen or your confused and it's a young Drake he wants gone?

 

[3bird]

I would separate them when you are not there to supervise. Your situation is different than ours, but our drake does choose one or two girls to pick on (not mate with) during the mating season. We have to manage him pretty closely. I'd be especially concerned with younger ducks.

 

[sforsythe10]

are the older ducks male or femLe

ones male ones female. the older ones aren’t the problem it’s the new ones we got that are 8 weeks old

 

[sforsythe10]

I would separate them when you are not there to supervise. Your situation is different than ours, but our drake does choose one or two girls to pick on (not mate with) during the mating season. We have to manage him pretty closely. I'd be especially concerned with younger ducks.

thanks we will try to separate them we just built a big house with a big fenced in area so we can try and seperate them in there. if we seperate them then the duck will be the loner because the older male and younger male would chase it so it would have no one to hang with

 

[Duck mommy 2019]

ones male ones female. the older ones aren’t the problem it’s the new ones we got that are 8 weeks old

the 8 week old male is attacking one of the 8 week old females? is he getting on top of her?

 

[sforsythe10]

I'm thinking the older Drake is either wanting to mate the young Hen or your confused and it's a young Drake he wants gone?

the older drake isn’t really the problem it’s the younger one. as of yesterday the younger drake keeps chasing one of the younger females and won’t leave it alone when the female comes near them. he’s a loner for now

 

[sforsythe10]

the 8 week old male is attacking one of the 8 week old females? is he getting on top of her?

yes and that’s what we thought he wanted to do but he just keeps attacking the back and neck area

 

[Duck mommy 2019]

yes and that’s what we thought he wanted to do but he just keeps attacking the back and neck area

that’s how they mate