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[choose2rejoice]

Okay, so I have 2 Peking Ducks, Dazed & Confused. I have no idea what sex they are. My Rooster Ronnie, keeps trying to mate with Confused and Dazed keeps bullying Pearl, my other rooster. We gave Pearl his name before we realized he wasn't a hen. We have 2 hens. It stops there with them. All these birds are four months old. I don't know if the age matters when confronting weird behavior but that's how old they are.
Do rooster normally try to have their way with ducks? And do ducks normally bully roosters? I don't understand these birds.
Thanks in advance.

 

[Jpat]

if they were raised together there is a greater chance of them trying to mate each other, to them they are just peers not different species

you should be able to tell your duck genders by sound, Male ducks are raspy and females quack

Some people have luck keeping ducks and chickens together but most dont because of the fighting. And roosters dont have penises while male ducks do, so a male duck can cause internal damage and alot of pain to a chicken hen

Goodluck with your flock!

 

[MIHomestead4]

My Peking, Rouen, and Khaki male ducks all have curled tails and the females do not. I’ve never had an issue with my ducks trying to mess with the chickens......but the chickens are the bosses of everyone including the dogs

 

[sourland]

Sounds like it is time for separate pens for the separate species and more chicken hens for the roosters.

 

[bobbi-j]

I don't know ducks, but your cockerels are just coming into sexual maturity, so their little hormone-filled brains are screaming, "BREED, BREED, BREED!" Your two pullets won't be ready or willing to mate until they start laying eggs (another two months or so). Since you only have the two pulltets, you may want to consider separating the pullets and cockerels, or those boys are going to make the girls miserable. The cockerels are likely going to chase those pullets continually, breeding them, not giving them time to eat, drink or dust bathe. As they get older, you may want to consider keeping them separate, getting rid of one of the cockerels, or adding more pullets.

 

[choose2rejoice]

My Peking, Rouen, and Khaki male ducks all have curled tails and the females do not. I’ve never had an issue with my ducks trying to mess with the chickens......but the chickens are the bosses of everyone including the dogs

My Rooster, well one of them, is even trying to be the boss of me. He comes out sashaying at me in the mornings. That's the one I'm having difficulties with.

My Peking, Rouen, and Khaki male ducks all have curled tails and the females do not. I’ve never had an issue with my ducks trying to mess with the chickens......but the chickens are the bosses of everyone including the dogs

My ducks haven't been a problem until this one started pushing around my Dominick. He just started that this afternoon when my rooster started trying to mate the duck. It's like he's trying to say "Why don't you do something about his behavior."
This makes me sick as they were, and are, being raised together.

 

[choose2rejoice]

Sounds like it is time for separate pens for the separate species and more chicken hens for the roosters.

Sounds like it and it's sad.

 

[choose2rejoice]

if they were raised together there is a greater chance of them trying to mate each other, to them they are just peers not different species

you should be able to tell your duck genders by sound, Male ducks are raspy and females quack

Some people have luck keeping ducks and chickens together but most dont because of the fighting. And roosters dont have penises while male ducks do, so a male duck can cause internal damage and alot of pain to a chicken hen

Goodluck with your flock!

I had no idea. Thank you for the information

 

[Jpat]

I had no idea. Thank you for the information

Anytime!

Welcome to the forum

 

[bobbi-j]

My Rooster, well one of them, is even trying to be the boss of me. He comes out sashaying at me in the mornings. That's the one I'm having difficulties with.

My ducks haven't been a problem until this one started pushing around my Dominick. He just started that this afternoon when my rooster started trying to mate the duck. It's like he's trying to say "Why don't you do something about his behavior."
This makes me sick as they were, and are, being raised together.

Well, I'd nip that in the bud right now. You need to let him know that you are not going to let him push you around. I have raised my cockerels in a pretty hands-off manner for several years, and since I have done this, I have not had an aggressive cockerel/rooster (yours is a cockerel since he is not yet a year old). As soon as I recognize a cockerel, (I've had chickens long enough that I can usually figure it out at about 5 weeks) I stop handling and coddling. I distance myself. I also start training them to know that the coop is mine, the other birds are mine, and everything else is mine. If I want to get from Point A to Point B and a cockerel is in my way, I keep walking and make him move. If one starts giving me the stink eye, I stare him down, walk toward him and back him up. If one comes at me, I walk with purpose toward him. If one sneaks up behind me, I turnd around and walk toward him (with two artificial hips, I don't run, so I don't exactly chase them.) If I'm out walking among teh flock, sometimes I'll just walk toward a cockerel, just because I can. Sometimes I move them away from the food, just because I can. I don't try to stop them from breeding or crowing in front of me, because I'm not another rooster, so I don't feel that's an issue. Since I have started raising them this way, I have not had a human aggressive or disrespectful cockerel or rooster. My current rooster will come up to me for treats if there are any, and if not, he keeps a respectful distance from me. I don't hesitate to turn my back on him. (Although I would not trust him and my grandchildren ages 4 and under together without supervision. He's not used to them, and when they're on the farm, they're always running. I think their quick, jerky movements could set him off.)