Peas or watermelon?

[A Renee]

I know my Oscar can be rough on my Rouens but the Rouens and his Sister right now are the only ones he tries to mate. He leaves my small Mallards and Khaki Campbell alone and he has no access to the huge young ducks that are just over 2 months old. They are big but he could still hurt them. I was thinking of isolating him at one point when he was so hard on the Rouens but he has since then settled down some. I think I would separate him in a separate pen where my young ducks are right now and let them out with the others if it got too bad. It's hard when we have such a size difference and I am lucky that he leaves my smaller ones alone. Being a Muscovy and not the Mallard breed made no difference when he mated with my Rouens. That is how I got the mixed Rouen and Mallard ducklings. They are beautiful though. Sorry I can't help anymore than this.

Thank you so much, I appreciate your response.

 

[A Renee]

Good luck and I got this idea by combining the "all ducks go to bed" yell from Gold Shaw Farms on YouTube and the treat dish idea from The Good Life Here on YouTube.

I chose a green dish because I read somewhere that ducks see blue and green brighter than they see red and white. Fun fact, they can also see in the UV spectrum whereas we cannot.

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Source: How Birds See The World Compared To Humans

Well that’s interesting. I’m a huge knowledge nerd, I love learning new things so I will definitely check that out. Thank you again for all your help and advice. Very much appreciated.

 

[Luv Ducks]

Thank you so much, I appreciate your response.

You are most welcome.

 

[Luv Ducks]

Thank you so much, I appreciate your response.

I meant to say that is how I got the mixed Rouen and Muscovy ducks not Mallard.