JessicaB721
Chirping
- Apr 12, 2020
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Hi! So I'm having a lot of trouble with my male & female Mallard, and my female Muscovy. I have had my two Mallards since they were itty bitty; I bought them at the same time two years ago. Last year I bought a Muscovy, who was around the same age as them when I rescued her. It was extremely hard for me to get them to get along, first I started off by putting a dog pen around my Muscovy while I let her and my female Mallard get to know each other. Once they seem comfortable with each other I allow them to be together. Eventually I put my female Mallard back with my male Mallard, and I tried introducing my Muscovy and it never quite worked out. And the few other occasions I have tried, they attacked each other horribly through the dog pen. Anytime they would be near each other they would seem to be trying to fight each other to the death, except I never let it get that far because I was always right there. But from the way they act with each other, I could tell if I was not there every time they were near each other, one of them would probably be hurt very, very badly. With that said, all of my ducks stay inside at night in a makeshift pen in my laundry room. They go out early each morning and they come in whatever time the sun starts going down. With that being said, my Muscovy never goes outside since I do not have a way to keep them separated in the backyard. And she does not seem to like to go outside anyway and comes right back in on the occasions I let her go outside for a little bit before I let my Mallards out. But at the same time, I'm not good at keeping duck diapers on them. Either I'm just too ditzy to figure out how to properly put them on, or I have yet to find one that really work. And they're not cheap, so I gave up on purchasing different ones. So needless to say, all I'm doing every day is cleaning up duck poop, inside, nonstop. Does ANYONE (*pleading for help now *) have any suggestions on how I can help them all get along, so they can all sleep in the same pen at night and also spend the day outside together every day!? Thanks in advance!