new runners getting it on?

[Stoney Meadow Maple]

as some of you have heard and seen we brought home 3 new runners that were all supposed to be hens, 2 fawn and white and a white. since they started to acclimate the fawn and white pair seem to be " doing the deed" I feel quite confident at at least 2 of them being female based on voice, the other has remained quite quiet however.. I assumed that was just how it was as it was the same size as the other 2 but now I am not so sure. do females ever do this to each other? have I got confused ducks or did I get me a drake? one of the 2 fawn and white was alleged to have gone broody this spring and hatched 17 ducklings...am I about to have another hatch? this has happened a couple of times over the last couple days. sorry, no X rated photography for demonstration purposes.

 

[416bigbore]

It is too funny that you bring this up. Yesterday I caught Miss Piggy riding Porky in the pool as bad as that may sound but it is a true story. If I wasn't on the phone at the time I would have snapped a pic to post asking that very same question. At first I thought they were just playing and the more I watched it was very obvious Porky wasn't giving Miss Piggy A ride. All you could see was her little head above water, now I understand why and how Drakes can drown the hens in the water during mating. All turned out ok they are still friends. Miss Piggy is a little bigger and more dominate of the two Mallard hens maybe this is why? But then again I am no expert. I have see cattle do the same thing, A cow will try to jump up and ride another cow, same thing with steers.

 

[Stoney Meadow Maple]

It is too funny that you bring this up. Yesterday I caught Miss Piggy riding Porky in the pool as bad as that may sound but it is a true story. If I wasn't on the phone at the time I would have snapped a pic to post asking that very same question. At first I thought they were just playing and the more I watched it was very obvious Porky wasn't giving Miss Piggy A ride. All you could see was her little head above water, now I understand why and how Drakes can drown the hens in the water during mating. All turned out ok they are still friends. Miss Piggy is a little bigger and more dominate of the two Mallard hens maybe this is why? But then again I am no expert. I have see cattle do the same thing, A cow will try to jump up and ride another cow, same thing with steers.

I sure hope you are right, I really didn’t want more boys.. I wonder if they are feeling ready to lay if they are feeling that frisky.

 

[416bigbore]

I sure hope you are right, I really didn’t want more boys.. I wonder if they are feeling ready to lay if they are feeling that frisky.

I feel the same as you on that one, I am going to have to separate or re-home some of our drakes if they want to start fighting with each other. I have a few weeks yet before I need to start addressing that issue! Not sure if that has anything to do with laying eggs or not. Differently a question for the experts !