Help!! My drake thinks he is a chook..

[munchkin]

We recently adopted an adult peking drake, who had been raised with chooks.. Unfortunately he thinks he is a chook, and tries to "love"all our chooks. As he is bigger than them and ducks have quite a rough mating style (compared to roosters), we are worried he may do some harm. We would prefer not to separate them as we like all our poultry to free range.. Unfortunately at this stage this is the only thing we can do.. Does anyone have any suggestions? (When we first got him we thought that if we shut him and the ducks in a yard together he would start finding them more appealing, and he does, but he won't leave the chooks alone).

 

[SandraChick]

I have the same problem....my runner

this one particular hen....acutally seeks her out. But I'm beginning to think it's the chicken that thinks she's a duck, cuz she's the only chicken that lays eggs in the duck nest box. If he catches her in there, he runs her out and it's a big

Go figure.....

Mine now has two hen ducks...but maybe he needs three? Like I need an excuse to get more!!!

Separation is the only thing that helped...but like you, I like to have both run the whole property. chickens just don't get the big slugs and the ducks do such a good job at that!

Good Luck, and I hope to see some responses from some wiser folks here.

Sandra

 

[BellevueOmlet]

That sounds like a pain, but it also sounds a bit funny

sorry

 

[Miss Lydia]

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ducks will kill a chicken hen if they mate with them, totally different anatomy.

 

[dianaross77]

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ducks will kill a chicken hen if they mate with them, totally different anatomy.

x2 You really need to separate them for the safety of your hens.

 

[erinszoo]

Guess I'm going to have to separate mine too. Our drake has always slept with and spent all of his time with one our hens since they were babies. So far we haven't had any problems with them.