Once my four female Muscovy ducks matured they have not stopped fighting. Well, they'll stop for a couple weeks, but then they are back at it again, and now it doesn't matter if they are laying or guarding eggs or not. I posted about my Muscovies bullying each other a year ago (https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/how-to-stop-muscovy-ducks-from-bullying-each-other.1642077/), but it has since gotten more intense (as evidenced by the photos). I am very close to culling at least the two meanest. Of course I don't want to - they are pets. But keeping four ducks in separate pens is not an option, and if no one else has any ideas on how to stop this I might just have to get rid of them.
They are fed NatureWise All Flock pellets, have a 3' x 5.5' coop (only three are living in it now), a 3' pool, and water and supplement bowls in a large pasture with lots of grass and fruit trees.
@StinkyAcres I know exactly what your going through. I only have 3 females left from my flock of Muscovy and for many years one the youngest who is now 13 had to live in the coop with the other ducks and goose she was so mean to her Aunt Joy. Last year all on her own she decided she wanted to be with her mama and aunt so I put her with them. They can't be with the other ducks I have because my Runner drake is obsessed with them, (they are too old to put up with a 2 yr old drake]Any way the fighting has calmed but the bullying happens still by that I mean Dolly will scare Joy away from treats [scaring is just getting close ]so I have to hand-feed her separate. Joy will quickly move if Dolly gets close to her like intimidation. She know Joy is scared of her. Why they do this I don't know. About the only suggestion I can rec is separating the 2 that fight It doesn't sound like you want to do that so Rehoming or culling. Is it the 2 meanest fighting each other or fighting the more laid back 2? If you decide to rehome that could end the fighting because they will most likely team up since they would be in a new place with the possibility of other waterfowl.
Maybe someone else has figured out a solution to this I hope so.
