My female duck is getting her feathers ripped out from my male duck

[Marlenarose]

Hi! My female and male duck have a great relationship! They seem to get along well and are always excited to be together. The only bad thing is that when they mate, the male duck rips out the female ducks feathers on her neck so she bleeds a lot. If anyone has suggestions on how to cover up her neck so he can’t bite it or anything please let me know! It’s getting bad and as a duck mom i feel really bad ):

This is mine.
It’s horrible!

 

[cheezenkwackers]

She needs to be separated from him in order to heal. Stupid drakes!

 

[Marlenarose]

Greg is not in jail!

Thank you to everyone who helped with a reply.

if anyone knows anyone near Burnet, TX who would like to have my feisty drake please let me know.
I want him to be in a loving place.

 

[Marlenarose]

Greg is not in jail!

Thank you to everyone who helped with a reply.

if anyone knows anyone near Burnet, TX who would like to have my feisty drake please let me know.
I want him to be in a loving place.



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He’s NOW in jail…I don’t know how to go back to edit

 

[Miss Lydia]

Won't hurt him one bit to be in jail and give the girls s good well-deserved break time for healing.
If you want to keep him let her heal and grow feathers back that should take up into early fall he should be calming down some by then.
If you feel it's best to give him up there is a Texas forum on BYC at Where am I where are you.

 

[JennKH]

Are they your only ducks? Sometimes adding more females can help with overmating.

Do they only mate in/near water? Can you temporarily take away swimming water to see if that helps?

You could separate them, with a see through barrier if you don't have other ducks. I've heard some BYC members saying this works and others saying their birds were miserable. Mine paced anxiously along the fence all day for months.

 

[JennKH]

Hi, male ducks can be very aggressive, this is what they did to my duck. There is nothing that can be done, but to separate them. I wanted to ask if you found anything to feed her to help with getting her feather back? my duck is still healing but due to her head injury , she lost all her feathers. Thanks