I have 10 free range muscovy ducks, started with 2 drakes and 2 hen ducks, now I have 4 drakes and 6 hens. 2 of the hens and 1 of the drakes are the original ducks I started with.
I think one of my drakes, Blackie, one of the grown up ducklings, is killing ducklings from all the hens as they hatch ducklings. This has happened several times, when duckings are only 1 week old to killings happening when they are 3 weeks old. They have free range of our large property with 3 ponds with islands and lots of places to go. One of my original drakes was fighting with Blackie when I was around and I separated them and took Louie to a large outdoor kennel and an hour later he was dead. I believe he had been injured in his neck by a wing of Blackie and he died from asphyxiation, so this is why I think Blackie is the killer. He is my favorite duck, big and beautiful, but has been brave and a little aggressive since he was a ducking. He eats worms from my hand, as most of them do. What should I do. I have 3 hens sting on eggs, hatching soon, should I catch a,l the drakes and lock them up till the duckings are 3 weeks old, since I’m not 100% sure that Blackie is the killer?
I think one of my drakes, Blackie, one of the grown up ducklings, is killing ducklings from all the hens as they hatch ducklings. This has happened several times, when duckings are only 1 week old to killings happening when they are 3 weeks old. They have free range of our large property with 3 ponds with islands and lots of places to go. One of my original drakes was fighting with Blackie when I was around and I separated them and took Louie to a large outdoor kennel and an hour later he was dead. I believe he had been injured in his neck by a wing of Blackie and he died from asphyxiation, so this is why I think Blackie is the killer. He is my favorite duck, big and beautiful, but has been brave and a little aggressive since he was a ducking. He eats worms from my hand, as most of them do. What should I do. I have 3 hens sting on eggs, hatching soon, should I catch a,l the drakes and lock them up till the duckings are 3 weeks old, since I’m not 100% sure that Blackie is the killer?
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