Protective blue Swedish drake

[Lovemybirds41]

So here is my question, I have a drake, a female duck and an African goose all the same age. I brought them home together at 2 days old, they are now 19 weeks and the three of them always stay together. Lately I have noticed that my drake has become very protective over the goose as well as his female. Is that a common trait for the drake, to be protective over a female goose that is?

 

[Lovemybirds41]

I do also have a question about my female. She and my Drake have been mating for a few weeks now and my goose does not like it. She will start yelling at them whenever they start and she has to rush over and try to get in the middle of them. Just a few days ago right after the ducks finished my goose got into the pool with them and my female duck jumped on top of the goose and started doing what my male does to her. My goose flattened out and let my female duck mount her. I looked at them and thought, "Well, that's new." Can anyone tell me what that's all about?

 

[Miss Lydia]

It's all very normal behavior for all of them. You drake only see the goose as one of his females. And my female goose doesn't tolerate any kind of sex among the flock she will scream at them and try to break it up my gander is right there but he doesn't interfere . Females will also mount each other and go through the mating game. You drake may even try and mate with the goose which is no big deal either. They are just a close knit flock which is so sweet a lot of times a goose will get pushed out.

 

[Lovemybirds41]

It's all very normal behavior for all of them. You drake only see the goose as one of his females. And my female goose doesn't tolerate any kind of sex among the flock she will scream at them and try to break it up my gander is right there but he doesn't interfere . Females will also mount each other and go through the mating game. You drake may even try and mate with the goose which is no big deal either. They are just a close knit flock which is so sweet a lot of times a goose will get pushed out.

Thank you Miss Lydia. I always appreciate you taking the time out of your day to help me out. I love learning about my flock and you have taught me a lot and am looking forward to keep learning as much as i can. I love this site and am so glad I ran across it.

 

[Miss Lydia]

We all learn from each other that is what is so great about BYC!!

Don't forget to post pics of your lil duck/goose family.