Homicidal Drakes! PLEASE HELP!*UPDATE*

[Giddyup]

Hard to see but looks like an australian spotted or something similar?
Hard to believe, mine is sooo docile, but was handraised and only male right now.

 

[ticks]

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Nope, they are Rouens.

 

[bradybrady09]

i just want to add to this i have been getting my duck eggs every morning with no problems because i only has hens but the mallard drake i got will come right after me if i get anywhere near where my girls are nesting and he will pinch right onto my skin and wont let go if i just go in there its cool he is calm but go near the eggs its another story

 

[redhen]

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LMAO!

 

[ticks]

Hmm, maybe my hen is broody, I'm just taking the eggs away from her. She hasn't come out of the coop much, jsut stood in the doorway and comes out for food and water.

 

[bradybrady09]

I think you may be right Ticks one of my khaki's did that when she wanted to set

 

[ticks]

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MAybe I should leave the egg that I get tomorrow in the coop and see what she does with it, I notice that one of my chickens has laid an egg on the ground and it is right next to the duck egg. hmmm maybe she is broody.

 

[WriterofWords]

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My duck's bites hurt like hades! Emeril only gets aggressive if one of the hens is sitting though and it's a protective aggression not a mean one.

 

[ticks]

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My duck's bites hurt like hades! Emeril only gets aggressive if one of the hens is sitting though and it's a protective aggression not a mean one.

Time to get out some steel toe boots, shin pads, a carhartt and a face mask and just stand in the coop and let them attack me. eventually they will get bored with me.

 

[WriterofWords]

Ummm no,,, I would suggest trying to find the reason behind the aggression first, if you have no hens sitting, you might just separate the two bullies because alone they aren't nearly as brave. Also, you could rehome them if you have another drake that can take care of business but is not as mean. Try getting rid of one first, see if that takes care of the problem, if it doesn't bye bye to number two and get a drake that has better social interaction with us hapless humans. There is nothing like being bullied by a feathered monster that weighs less than 10% of our weight!