Wanting to know why my rooster killed my female duck

[Reiki Rooster]

I love your pictures! I'm going to print one off for my daughter's room tomorrow Have a wonderful night, and thank you.

 

[BarrerasDucks]

It's because chickens are dumb. Roosters are dumb and bi-polar. I had chickens for years not even giving ducks a thought for egg production. I don't like killing birds but I enjoyed killing the criminal Roosters! I had one rooster that killed a couple hens then turned on me...twirly bird his neck no more problems. Sorry for the rant but I hate roosters!!

Ditch your chickens and get a flock of ducks! You'll have less headaches!

 

[Reiki Rooster]

I understand, but my husband won't eat duck eggs unless they're used for baking, I personally LOVE them for breakfast though ;-) I sell some of the eggs from both my chickens and duck to pay for their pellets/scratch. I think though the rooster isn't the culprit, no one had issues yesterday or today outside of pens, and new duck enclosure is working great! I'm still watching everyone like a hawk though, just to be sure.

Got my hardware cloth up today! I feel better, last night I kept looking out the window to see if motion lights tripped on. Hoping one year to get a real barn, but until then...

Thank you so much

 

[Miss Lydia]

I understand, but my husband won't eat duck eggs unless they're used for baking, I personally LOVE them for breakfast though ;-) I sell some of the eggs from both my chickens and duck to pay for their pellets/scratch. I think though the rooster isn't the culprit, no one had issues yesterday or today outside of pens, and new duck enclosure is working great! I'm still watching everyone like a hawk though, just to be sure.

Got my hardware cloth up today! I feel better, last night I kept looking out the window to see if motion lights tripped on. Hoping one year to get a real barn, but until then...

Thank you so much

My dream is to have a barn one day..

I'm glad you got the hardware cloth up. We can never let down our guard when it comes to our animals but having the hardware cloth can sure help.

 

[Reiki Rooster]

Absolutely! My hubby's been working towards it, but it takes time, and a new roof on the house sucks barn money right up. Everyone seems really happy with the new arrangements, and the ducks go in their new home no problem now. I still have modifying to do, but that never ends lol

I LOVE checking out all the awesome ideas on this site of other people's pens/feeders/coops/etc! Never stop improving, but it makes me feel good to watch them explore the new item, or in this case reinforced fencing.

Thank you again

 

[Jerseycochin]

How many of you have had a rooster kill a duck trying to mount it? My uncle says he researched it, and it happens often, but all i'm finding are ducks killing roosters!

 

[Isaac 0]

How many of you have had a rooster kill a duck trying to mount it? My uncle says he researched it, and it happens often, but all i'm finding are ducks killing roosters!

Such a statement depends on the number/ratio of roosters being kept in with the ducks, the personality of them, and the amount of space in which the birds are being kept in. For nearly six years I've kept 10+ Roosters with over 40+ ducks with no problems. Do understand, I have plenty of hens for the amount roosters I have, and my birds free-range.

 

[Trisseh]

I too doubt that the rooster was the cause of death. In my flock, the ducks are the top dogs, not the chickens, including the rooster. I would be more concerned about predator attacks, or reproductive problems with your duck. I had a female Swedish that appeared fine one day and dead the next. Turned out on necropsy she had a lash egg stuck in her uterus/shell gland that was blocking everything else. Toxic shock/enteritis from being unable to pass anything I guess.

 

[Isaac 0]

I too doubt that the rooster was the cause of death. In my flock, the ducks are the top dogs, not the chickens, including the rooster. I would be more concerned about predator attacks, or reproductive problems with your duck. I had a female Swedish that appeared fine one day and dead the next. Turned out on necropsy she had a lash egg stuck in her uterus/shell gland that was blocking everything else. Toxic shock/enteritis from being unable to pass anything I guess.

Post 1# is over four years old.

 

[Trisseh]

Post 1# is over four years old.

Whoops! My bad! Thanks for pointing that out. But hey, lol, if anyone searches and comes across this thread for sudden female duck death, there’s my experience. Lol. xD