Sick baby duck

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Baby duck is 100% better! Does anyone know what kind of duck she is? She is light brown with curling tail feathers .
 
Yes I think she maybe a runner, too. She is getting big and all her feathers are in now. But the female Mallard still will not let her in the duck house at night. Any ideas? I don't want to build another house. Plus she is lonely at night in box by herself.
 
How long have they been in the same pen together? When I get a new duck, the others pick on them for about an hour. It seems to be establishing an order within the flock. I dont interfere, and after they all get along fine, and even seem to care about any single duck that have troubles. I have a viaraty of ducks, from cambles to mandarin, and teal.
 
The three ducks have been together free range outside about 45 days. They get along fine but when I put them in the duck house together at night the Mallard attacks the brown duck. Brown duck is bigger then the Mallard so should I just let them work it out? We nursed the baby brown duck for so long I don't want anything to happen to her Maybe the house is to small? It is only 4 x5 '
 
That does not sound too small. My ducks sleep durring most of the day and then play most of the night. I dont have to worry about predators because they are in an enclosed aviary. Do you think maby putting them in at night may be against their natural instinct and causing the problem? I am pretty new at having ducks, to but just observe them.
 
They may be playing at night but we have coyote and raccoons. Maybe a cage around the house to keep them safe but not locked in? Winter will bring a whole new set of problems. I am new to ducks this year too.
 
I got aviary netting at amazon. Then coated chicken wire and post. I dug 1ft trenches along tje post lines where I sunk the fencing in so nothing could dig in. I put the netting over and secured it to the fence. Last I used pvc pipe to hold the net higher so the ducks could fly. That is nice to watch. Now i am building a solar heated duck shelter for the winter. I dont know if their sleeping scedule will change or not. I have coyotes racoons and hawks here. I thought it was funny the day the hawk tried to dive in to get a duck but justice bounced off the net.
 

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