Greetings from rural Nevada.
My Khaki drake has a slight problem after mating with a female. He is going on 4 months old, and somewhat active with his same aged flock mates who are hens. I only have 3 hens, 2 drakes, so watching closely that the two drakes are not bothering 2 of the hens too much (3rd hen is a Mallard, half the size of the other ducks and makes a clean get a way when the drakes show attention).
Anyway, his penis does not immediately retrack into the body after wards. It does eventually but after reading other posts about permanently exposed males and infection, I'm wondering if this is an indication of future problems. The other drake, an Ancona, does not have this problem. I'm most worried about it as the hens think it's a tasty worm when he's all exposed.
My Khaki drake has a slight problem after mating with a female. He is going on 4 months old, and somewhat active with his same aged flock mates who are hens. I only have 3 hens, 2 drakes, so watching closely that the two drakes are not bothering 2 of the hens too much (3rd hen is a Mallard, half the size of the other ducks and makes a clean get a way when the drakes show attention).
Anyway, his penis does not immediately retrack into the body after wards. It does eventually but after reading other posts about permanently exposed males and infection, I'm wondering if this is an indication of future problems. The other drake, an Ancona, does not have this problem. I'm most worried about it as the hens think it's a tasty worm when he's all exposed.
