My rooster mated my Muscovy duck.

[hikerchick]

Is this normal? I have only one hen. Should I get more so that he will leave the ducks alone? The drake was not happy.

 

[debilorrah]

You may want to change the title of that post.....

I am sure the roo would like more hens than just one.

 

[Kim_NC]

When three is not a crowd....

Well, I wanted to call him a Psycho...but OK, he has only one hen. That's not enough, so I'll cut him a break. Separate the ducks or get him a few more hens. Roos can be plenty amorous with up to 8-10 females.

 

[cassie]

I once had a rooster that had a thing for plastic milk jugs. Found him dead one day in the middle of a pile of them....

 

[farmgirlie1031]

At times one of my roosters goes after the duck hens also. It's just hormones. He has a lot of his own hens. The drake comes over and tells him to leave his hens alone.

 

[PeepMomma]

They are armorous fellows! My little white leghorn Bantam doesn't even want the much larger Ameraucana Roos to get anywhere near ME! I think the only thing that saves the bigger roos is the fact that he's in a pen and they are not. I am going to have to post a video, it is so funny to watch him take off running toward the fence when he thinks they are getting too close! That's why I named him "little Boss"!

 

[gritsar]

I wouldn't worry unless the roo also starts trying to mate cattle or horses.

Seriously though, he needs more hens. Variety is the spice of life; at least roosters think so.

 

[mekasmom]

I have one rooster that will mate anything that he can catch. He likes the mallards quite a lot as well as all the regular hens. If the rabbits stand still long enough, he will even try to convince them of his masculinity.

 

[Jennie5193]

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I had no idea roosters were like this.

 

[WriterofWords]

Mine chase the ducks, the detergent bottles, rabbits, dust mops, anything that catches their fancy. No matter how many hens are around!