Okay, I am a first time duck owner. I know nothing except I have mallards and pekins and that I love them to pieces. The mallards are 22wks. and the oldest pekins are 17 wks..
The mallards seem to have it all together, the only issue I have noticed is one of the females is enticing one of the pekins. Naturally the largest of the group and has even allowed him to mount her a few times.
The pekins are another story all together..... I have boys grabbing a hold of another male's neck and then another boy will grab onto the second ducks neck and I have three boys running around while holding onto the duck in front of it. Kinda like a Conga Line. Ummm, is this normal? They don't seem to be really hurting each other but that poor little guy in the front is not happy. Now really, just picture this, I have a line of ducks running round the yard, joined at the neck and the first little guy is running as if his life depends on it. Yeah......funny 'till you realize why he's running. Another thing, there are 3 female pekins in this bunch. They want the males but all the males do is bite them in the neck and chase them away and go back to their Conga Line. Am I missing something here?
Also, when will ducks lay eggs? It seems to me that the females are going back into the duck house every morning but so far I have not found any eggs. I have heard they have a season but isn't this time of year beyond that?
The mallards seem to have it all together, the only issue I have noticed is one of the females is enticing one of the pekins. Naturally the largest of the group and has even allowed him to mount her a few times.
The pekins are another story all together..... I have boys grabbing a hold of another male's neck and then another boy will grab onto the second ducks neck and I have three boys running around while holding onto the duck in front of it. Kinda like a Conga Line. Ummm, is this normal? They don't seem to be really hurting each other but that poor little guy in the front is not happy. Now really, just picture this, I have a line of ducks running round the yard, joined at the neck and the first little guy is running as if his life depends on it. Yeah......funny 'till you realize why he's running. Another thing, there are 3 female pekins in this bunch. They want the males but all the males do is bite them in the neck and chase them away and go back to their Conga Line. Am I missing something here?
Also, when will ducks lay eggs? It seems to me that the females are going back into the duck house every morning but so far I have not found any eggs. I have heard they have a season but isn't this time of year beyond that?
