Three ducks, what are they??

[fatty and friends]

There’s 10-15 geese, a handful of random ducks and a bunch of mallards.

what state are you in?

 

[CarinaRose]

Montana

 

[GranderTheGander]

They may not be a problem. If you have fewer female domestic ducks, it can be a big problem during mating season. Wild females can fly away from them, but sometimes they join in on gang attacks of female mallards, where the female cannot get away. It depends on the ducks. Not all drakes, domestic or wild, are that aggressive, though. It's not like captive ducks that have to be highly managed all the time, due to limited space. Some are way more passive during mating season than others in the wild, even ones without mates.

The geese are no problem during mating season in regards to harm to females. Ganders don't gang attack. They have a much more rigid social system. The ganders can beat up on each other, but that's it. Also, I once saw a really sad case where the grown daughters of a goose who was sitting were literally trying to pull her off the nest, so they could sit on it. She had been the best mother to them and was a sweet Pomeranian. Their father was Chinese, though, and they looked more and acted more like him. Very aggressive.