BlessedChaosHomestead
Songster
Ok have 1 drake & hen Runner duck.
Backstory:
We did have 2 other males (a Rouen & Mallard). But they were dispatched before Thanksgiving.
Prior to that our runner had been alpha but then the dynamics changed & the mallard decided he was alpha. We removed him after a bit because of how he was treating our male runner. The Rouen at that point stayed loyal to whoever was in charge. lol
Well somewhere in there the Rouen took charge. Our runner became the beta. lol
So both the mallard & rouen were placed in our "tractor" with the crazed rooster.
Since then our hen doesn't care at all for our runner. She rarely will ever do the mating head bob thing with him. He will start & she will move away.
I know ducks dont mate for life but what gives; is she mourning her man? lol The eggs are rarely fertile so he's definitely not mating her like he wants.
Is it because he's just dumb? Or is she refusing to see him as alpha bc the Rouen was alpha before we removed him?
Both will be a year old in a few months.
Hubby does make him submit because he's started getting very aggressive because of his spring hormones. lol Hence why they both are now separated from the chickens because he was trying to mate a chicken & we weren't having that.
Backstory:
We did have 2 other males (a Rouen & Mallard). But they were dispatched before Thanksgiving.
Prior to that our runner had been alpha but then the dynamics changed & the mallard decided he was alpha. We removed him after a bit because of how he was treating our male runner. The Rouen at that point stayed loyal to whoever was in charge. lol
Well somewhere in there the Rouen took charge. Our runner became the beta. lol
So both the mallard & rouen were placed in our "tractor" with the crazed rooster.
Since then our hen doesn't care at all for our runner. She rarely will ever do the mating head bob thing with him. He will start & she will move away.
I know ducks dont mate for life but what gives; is she mourning her man? lol The eggs are rarely fertile so he's definitely not mating her like he wants.
Is it because he's just dumb? Or is she refusing to see him as alpha bc the Rouen was alpha before we removed him?
Both will be a year old in a few months.
Hubby does make him submit because he's started getting very aggressive because of his spring hormones. lol Hence why they both are now separated from the chickens because he was trying to mate a chicken & we weren't having that.