Gander loves Duck too much

[Magnolia Ducks]

I have a 5 1/2 month old Brown African/Chinese pair. They were raised with ducks. My Gander has recently discovered he is a gander but is enamoured with my tiny duck. I call her Mini. He doesn't try to mate with his goose only with Mini, who only weighs about two pounds. I free range in the day but two ducks raised with the geese go into the goose coop at night. I am going to try to move them to the duck coop at night. Does anyone have any suggestions on getting him to realize that the goose is his mate and not Mini?

 

[Lil Drake40]

I had same problem my gander was hatched by a duck an lived with only ducks for 5 yrs before I got a female goose I had to separate him from his mama and mate so he would bond with the goose. I even had to put up a barrier between the fences so he couldn’t see her(duck)it took about 3 months but it finally happened.

 

[Magnolia Ducks]

Thanks. I was waiting for Mini's first egg before forcing her to join the ducks but think I need to start now. Booger too,his other duck. It won't be easy because they think they are geese. Eat grass, bully the other ducks, run from me, etc. Also Mini is so small she can fly. I am not sure who was most surprised, her or me when she went about 20 feet high and 50 yards.

 

[Miss Lydia]

Maybe clip wings before separating.

 

[Magnolia Ducks]

Their coops are covered and wired to the ceiling so they will not be able to get to each other at night. During the day, I free range so no way to keep them apart. If dividing them at night is not enough, next step may be to try and rehome Mini, the flying Blue Swedish. I know next time not to raise the ducks and goslings together or at least separate them as soon as they start to feather out. It's my first time with geese and I didn't realize the gander would be so possessive. I took in a Pekin hen and added her to my duck flock. The ducks were fine with her after a day or two but Fred keeps trying to run her off out of their flock. It's not even his flock.

 

[Miss Lydia]

To Fred she is an outsider.

 

[Mandi1441]

I have the opposite problem. My gander has been cut off shortly after I got the ducks. She spends the day right beside the duck pen talking and showing off in front of them. Poor Peepers hollers and cries at her all day long trying to get her attention. She won't let him wander off very far before she gives him her disapproving honk. He turns around doing his very loud, annoying most pitiful cry and walks back to stand beside her at the duck pen. I've tried to let the ducks free range with the geese, but it ends up becoming a battle of territory between the geese and ducks and she's usually the instigator. I thought she would be good for him, but she sure has made momma's happy baby boy a very loud and whinny bad baby boy. He will not listen at all anymore, and she gives me a very nasty go to walmart look and does what I am telling her not to do. I am about ready to pen the geese up and let the ducks have free range.

 

[Magnolia Ducks]

go to Wal-Mart look is my new phrase. Fantastic.

 

[Miss Lydia]

I had to literally put up material ground cover to keep my gander and duck from seeing each other so my gander would bond with the goose it worked finally