We need advice on what to do with our crazy ducks!
We currently have 4 (Mallard Drake, Female Golden 300, F Welsh and F Khaki).
Our Golden 300, Lola, has just started to lay eggs, which is sweet, but it seems to have come with A LOT of noise. Is that normal? She seems to be really (for lack of a better word) pissy all the time, especially at night when they are all in the coop together. She gets the others all wound up as well and we end up with 4 loud ducks, which I'm sure our neighbors love. It's causing problems because she will do it at 1am, 3am, and 5am, is there any way we can change this behavior?
I've read a little about 'broodiness' and that they may need to be separated from the rest of the flock for a bit, but she hates being away from the other 3 ducks. Does any one have any advice!? We are loosing our minds!
we are also currently re-vamping our coop, making it larger, could limited space be an issue as well?
I would really appreciate any help, we love our ducks very and don't want to get rid of them but we also don't want our neighbors to form an angry mob and storm our house.
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We currently have 4 (Mallard Drake, Female Golden 300, F Welsh and F Khaki).
Our Golden 300, Lola, has just started to lay eggs, which is sweet, but it seems to have come with A LOT of noise. Is that normal? She seems to be really (for lack of a better word) pissy all the time, especially at night when they are all in the coop together. She gets the others all wound up as well and we end up with 4 loud ducks, which I'm sure our neighbors love. It's causing problems because she will do it at 1am, 3am, and 5am, is there any way we can change this behavior?
I've read a little about 'broodiness' and that they may need to be separated from the rest of the flock for a bit, but she hates being away from the other 3 ducks. Does any one have any advice!? We are loosing our minds!
we are also currently re-vamping our coop, making it larger, could limited space be an issue as well?
I would really appreciate any help, we love our ducks very and don't want to get rid of them but we also don't want our neighbors to form an angry mob and storm our house.
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