- Oct 25, 2011
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I' ve had the priviledge of duck custodianship for about 8 yrs; first a pekin hen named Nellie (still going strong) and to keep Nellie company we got a khaki campbell hen we called Lizzie. Tragically; we lost Lizzie at the end of August and took on 3 little call ducks to keep her company. Though we thought we had gotten 3 females from the same hatch unfortunately 2 are male and all are quite different in maturity. My first question is about next spring...and aggression issues with the boys. I don't want to rehome them but have heard that there may be some way to alter them physically or chemically to curtail the "drake" behavior. Surgical intervention (caponizing) is something I've never heard of in ducks but hormonal implants - are they possible? My other question is about wheat. I've read that wheat is good for ducks and I've also read that it's not. They all have access to grit but can it cause impaction problems? If so I'll stop giving it to them:/