Same sex mating / lack of broodiness

[cottontail farm]

My ducks have done this a bunch. It tends to be with the hens who co-op a nest together. Maybe it's a bonding thing, but I have had multiple 'pairs' of hens within a harem and they will set, hatch, and rear the ducklings together.

Huh. Well, they DO lay in the same nest. I never thought that was connected!

 

[Isaac 0]

Yes, they are weird, that's for sure. Do you mean the lady with the injuries or the lady who is mounting?

The female who is getting attacked.

 

[cottontail farm]

Here are some pictures. It does not appear to be getting better or worse. She's acting 100% normal.