MY DUCK IS MEAN - HELP

[Smschiro]

I have a Muscovy female when broody that not only pinches but twists to while pinching. Not all ducks bite usually it’s hormonal drakes.

I didn’t know that it’s usually hormonal drakes. Guess I’ll try to keep mounting him and hope he grows out of it. He’s 1 year and 3 months

 

[chickenMamee]

If you only have the 3 ducks (2 male, 1 female) that's part of your problem. You need more females (at least 1:3 ratio) or remove one of the males and still get at least 2 more females. There's no way that poor little hen will be able to survive 2 males especially considering how aggressive the one is...

Agreed with all of the above! Get rid of one of the males and the other should be calm from there on out too.

 

[Miss Lydia]

I had to do it with my drake he is 7.5 yrs old and is usually good around me but I do have to remind him every once in a while I am not part of his harem.

 

[QuacksALot]

Yes, he’s under 2 years. He’s 1 year and 3 months. No hissing.

Alright... He's probably protecting. Search around in your yard a little bit for stuff like big metal bars and such.. I think I have an idea of what's going on, just do that first.

 

[sourland]

I didn’t know that it’s usually hormonal drakes. Guess I’ll try to keep mounting him and hope he grows out of it. He’s 1 year and 3 months

He's not mean. He's just a duck being kept under unnatural circumstances. Realistically, it is going to get worse. Drakes are extremely sexual creatures and his frustration will increase even more in the spring. The next target may become his buddy.

 

[WannaBeHillBilly]

Hi, I have 2 drakes and 1 rescued hen. Over the course of 3-4 months my one drake has been becoming extremely mean. He constantly bites. He bites me bloody every chance he gets, which is multiple times a day. I’ve tried mounting him, this only makes him angrier. I’ve tried spending extra time with him, but he’s so fast at biting he’s gotten my face. I’ve tried giving him treats. Nothing seems to be working. My other drake, his brother is so sweet. And he used to be a sweetie. I don’t understand why he’s so mean or what to do about it. I don’t want to get rid of him. Can anyone give advice on what to please?!

That drake bit you? - You should never let that happen again. My Donald tried that once and in response i hosed him down, he is now respecting me. Drakes seem to be a bit similar to dogs: You must show them who's the boss.
The root cause of your problem is the lack of females, at least three girls for one boy, others recommend five or more.

 

[WannaBeHillBilly]

My female is completely separated from them. They are indoor/outdoor. I don’t let my female around them, there’s no way she would survive if they attacked her or tried mating with her. When they’re outdoors, they have free range of everywhere basically. A large area. Indoors they have 2 large rooms with toys, a tv, I provide treats and other things.

A TV ?!
Well our duckies have a radio over night (courtesy of my wife) and i thought we are treating'em well…

 

[Raenh]

I call sugar, miss sawtooth. She bites and drags her teeth. But only when shes hungry.

Speedy and fancy had access to my tv, but I only turned it on to play music for them while i was out all night driving.

They even had/have cause i still have it on my pandora - speedy and fancys lullabies- collection of piano music they actually seemed to like.

 

[WannaBeHillBilly]

I call sugar, miss sawtooth. She bites and drags her teeth. But only when shes hungry.

Speedy and fancy had access to my tv, but I only turned it on to play music for them while i was out all night driving.

They even had/have cause i still have it on my pandora - speedy and fancys lullabies- collection of piano music they actually seemed to like.

Our ducks love country music, it calms them down.

 

[shawluvsbirds]

He's not mean. He's just a duck being kept under unnatural circumstances. Realistically, it is going to get worse. Drakes are extremely sexual creatures and his frustration will increase even more in the spring. The next target may become his buddy.

I love my duckies and would love to have the room in my house to bring them inside for long visits
But lots of times what we want isn't what's best for them.
Your drake is probably getting very frustrated and needs a more natural environment with plenty of girls to go around for both of them and lots of outside time to be a duck.
And then sometimes even under the best of circumstances you just end up with a mean bird. . and freezer camp is what I would do.