ruthhope
Free Ranging
I responded to this post in another thread! OK I found it and am copying it here:
Integrating muscovy with mallard derived ducks can take time. My son had to take my female muscovy when I accepted muscovy drakes to rehab. His females accepted the muscovy after 2 weeks of see no touch and they were soon all bathing and eating together. The drake did not. He had to be in a fenced off compartment in the coop. We put a shared bowl of food under the partition and the female muscovy tried very hard to inveigle the pekin drake. She was ok during the day as they free range and she had plenty of hiding places in the shrubbery. In the end, my son's drake had to come to my flock and one of my pekin drakes went there. They settled down quickly.
With your 10x10 space (which is big enough for your ducks) your muscovy have no where to run and hide. I suggest you keep the see no touch for at least another 2 weeks. I am hopeful that all will work put OK in time especially approaching the shorter days when duck hormones wane.
It would cause both your drake and your original female a lot of stress to separate him (rehome him) i would not do that at this stage. After 2 weeks, you should try again letting the ducks out together. If the female continues to attack the muscovy, put her into "jail" . It may be that if your drake bonds with the 2 muscovy--drakes like to have a hareem--he will the stop the aggression
Integrating muscovy with mallard derived ducks can take time. My son had to take my female muscovy when I accepted muscovy drakes to rehab. His females accepted the muscovy after 2 weeks of see no touch and they were soon all bathing and eating together. The drake did not. He had to be in a fenced off compartment in the coop. We put a shared bowl of food under the partition and the female muscovy tried very hard to inveigle the pekin drake. She was ok during the day as they free range and she had plenty of hiding places in the shrubbery. In the end, my son's drake had to come to my flock and one of my pekin drakes went there. They settled down quickly.
With your 10x10 space (which is big enough for your ducks) your muscovy have no where to run and hide. I suggest you keep the see no touch for at least another 2 weeks. I am hopeful that all will work put OK in time especially approaching the shorter days when duck hormones wane.
It would cause both your drake and your original female a lot of stress to separate him (rehome him) i would not do that at this stage. After 2 weeks, you should try again letting the ducks out together. If the female continues to attack the muscovy, put her into "jail" . It may be that if your drake bonds with the 2 muscovy--drakes like to have a hareem--he will the stop the aggression
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