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Hi, 2 of my female ducks keep fighting with each other as well as a drake and female and also my 2 drakes. Does anyone know why they are all fighting? what should I do?
Thank you
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My one girl was super irritable while molting this year. Pulling feathers out of the other girls, grabbing the drakes and dragging them around, and just being overall miserable. She’s improved now that she’s all finished.
also, mating behaviour is not always about procreation - sometimes it’s a dominance thing.
Maybe I misunderstood the OP but my understanding is the females doing the grabbing and fighting? Not sure where the OP is located but here everyone has wound down for winter and no mating is going on at all.It could be. It does sound like it’s breeding though, otherwise I don’t know why the males are doing that to the females. The females are probably dominating and the males are probably trying to breed.
Maybe I misunderstood the OP but my understanding is the females doing the grabbing and fighting? Not sure where the OP is located but here everyone has wound down for winter and no mating is going on at all.
Could just be pecking order rearrangement, could be irritability for one reason or another; if the drakes are still trying to mate but the hens don’t want any of it they’ll fight back. Mine do anyways.
@Quacking ducks i see your girl is wearing booties in those pics. Were they separated for any length of time due to an injury or other reason? That sometimes upsets the hierarchy too.
Sounds like some grumpiness combined with the changing season and possible molting, add to that being somewhat separated and not feeling good with the foot, and she’s probably just a grump and setting everyone else off. If they’re not doing damage to each other let them work it out. And the girls definitely do pick their favorites. My grumpy lady is completely in love with the blue runner drake I have, but if the fawn and white guy just wants to come hang out, she beats the snot out of him. Other girls come around the blue drake, she beats them up too. That boy is HERS. (she’s not pulling out feathers, drawing blood or actually causing bodily harm, but their pride sure hurts when she’s done.)It's both male and female doing the grabbing but it seems like Banana (female) is starting it most of the time. I also notice that Quackers (drake) is picking on Banana's guy Ducky, I'm not sure if that's why she is mad. She is really sweet when I pick her up. I'm located in the midwest united states.
The other 2 females that are fighting are Quackers girls so I think they might be fighting over him.
Yes Banana has bumblefoot so she has been separated during the day but I have been leaving the door from the house to the pen open when It's nice out with a baby gate a cross the door way. They are together at meal time and at night.
what’s your male to female ratio?Hi, 2 of my female ducks keep fighting with each other as well as a drake and female and also my 2 drakes. Does anyone know why they are all fighting? what should I do?
Thank you
Sound like breeding. I have no idea why the females are fighting though.2 drakes 6 females. Yes they are grabbing neck, head and chest. Normally they are pretty nice. it's only been the last couple weeks that I've had trouble with them. I would post a video of them, but I don't know how.