I don't know what's gotten into my male muscovy but tonight when I let him out he came at me...I thought he was just playing the first time until he bit my arm and flapped his wings trying to take flesh, he's nipped before but this was the first time he flapped his wings at me...I tried to walk away but he came back at me, I caught him by his neck and used my other hand to press him into the ground letting him know I'm bigger and the boss...That ticked him off more, when I let go, he jumped and flew at my head until I swatted him to the ground...I regrabbed him, more thinking of what the heck to do, and tried to throw him as far as I could so I could get away, i didn't want to hurt him but didn't know what to do...He kept coming and I was walking backwards trying to keep him on the ground but he tried to fly up to my head again...I grabbed his neck in midair and fell back in a pile of broken rocks as I flung him to the side...I tried to get up and all I saw was a white cape trying to cover my head and face, instinctively swatted and managed to knock him to the side as I fell into another pile of broken rocks...I managed to get in the house but I'm tore up from the rocks...Now I'm sitting here in pain, and very sad about the whole thing, not knowing how to handle him...The pain in my hands, back and arms tells me to prepare dinner but I can't, he's my baby and there's just something I'm not getting in their behavior...We used to let them free range every evening but after tonight, that may have to end...I'm wide open to tips on handling attacking ducks, I figure I got hurt, I may as well learn something from it...
My ducks are all going crazy right now. Not quite THAT crazy, but crazy. My appleyard/khaki cross keeps attacking all of us. He thinks he's tough. I imagine after mating season is over, he'll be your buddy again.
