Ducks trying to drown each other?

[animal and duck lover]

I have 5 ducks that are like 6 months old. They keep trying to drown one of them? Like when they are in the water they will all push his (I think, I get one egg a day but can’t tell who lays it) head under water. Now they start to be mean to him on the land too. Can I get them to be nicer?

 

[NuggetTheChicken]

Sounds like mating to me. I think you may have only one female, and many males. This is extremely dangerous, multiple males can, and will drown and kill a female. You have to voice sex them and see if any have a drake feather (curly feather by the end of the tail). Here is a link that should help http://www.majesticwaterfowl.org/artquacks.htm. Remove the males or take the female out, but just be sure to separate them.

 

[coach723]

I don't have ducks, so hopefully someone that does will chime in, but are you sure of the sex of all the ducks? If you have 4 Drakes and one hen they are all going to try to mate with her, and it's possible that they actually could drown her.
https://info.mannapro.com/homestead/raising-ducks
http://www.majesticwaterfowl.org/mmissue7.htm

 

[KaleIAm]

I bet they are mating. It seems very mean and violent, but they just don't have arms so they hold on with their mouths and end up pushing the bottom duck under. My ducks do it when they mate, too.

But it sounds like you have too many boys and only one girl, which is not safe for your girl. She'll get harassed and can actually get drowned. Can you post photos, or video,or learn how to tell the genders apart?

 

[animal and duck lover]

I bet they are mating. It seems very mean and violent, but they just don't have arms so they hold on with their mouths and end up pushing the bottom duck under. My ducks do it when they mate, too.

But it sounds like you have too many boys and only one girl, which is not safe for your girl. She'll get harassed and can actually get drowned. Can you post photos, or video,or learn how to tell the genders apart?

they all look the same, they are white. some of them have curly tails thouhh

 

[animal and duck lover]

Sounds like mating to me. I think you may have only one female, and many males. This is extremely dangerous, multiple males can, and will drown and kill a female. You have to voice sex them and see if any have a drake feather (curly feather by the end of the tail). Here is a link that should help http://www.majesticwaterfowl.org/artquacks.htm. Remove the males or take the female out, but just be sure to separate them.

i can’t remove them. i have just one coop

 

[coach723]

Curly tail feathers are probably male.

 

[animal and duck lover]

Curly tail feathers are probably male.

then yeah i have one girl

 

[KaleIAm]

i can’t remove them. i have just one coop

The ones with the curly tail feathers are likely boys. Are there 4? If you do have 4 boys and 1 girl it will be very unkind, in my opinion, to keep them together. They will force her to mate with them many times a day and probably hurt her badly and maybe kill her.

You have 4 options, in my opinion.

1. Rehomed some boys.
2. Get more girls. (If your coop is big enough)
3. Put a divider in your coop.
4. Rehome the girl

 

[animal and duck lover]

The ones with the curly tail feathers are likely boys. Are there 4? If you do have 4 boys and 1 girl it will be very unkind, in my opinion, to keep them together. They will force her to mate with them many times a day and probably hurt her badly and maybe kill her.

You have 4 options, in my opinion.

1. Rehomed some boys.
2. Get more girls. (If your coop is big enough)
3. Put a divider in your coop.
4. Rehome the girl

nobody here wants ducks. the boys would just be killed for duck meat and i can’t get more girls i don’t have enough room and anytime i seperate the one she just cries and tries to get back to them