DuckDuckPromise
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- Oct 4, 2021
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Hey there! So we have a Pekin drake and 3 Pekin females...
First question... and I’m going to be as delicate as possible... but he never seem to be successful when mating. For some reason, he doesn’t want to mate in the pool, but on the ground, making it easy to see. And... he just never accomplishes much (trying to choose my words here!!!) We also have a Cayuga male and 3 ladies, and he mates in the pool. Let’s put it this way, when we set eggs to be incubated, the Cayuga eggs seem to be fertilized, the Pekin eggs not.
Second question, the Pekin drake ONLY mates with one girl. Exclusive is an understatement with him! The girl is missing almost all of the feathers in the back of her neck, and she is becomin’ very skittish. He has 2 others that I have never once seen him try to mate with, while I see him after the same girl a couple times an hour. I’ve never seen anything like it. Why is he doing that? What can be done to stop it? We’ve heard using a sock on her neck will help. Opinions? And what about the over-mating in general?!?! Sorry for the long thread!!! Have a blessed day friends.
First question... and I’m going to be as delicate as possible... but he never seem to be successful when mating. For some reason, he doesn’t want to mate in the pool, but on the ground, making it easy to see. And... he just never accomplishes much (trying to choose my words here!!!) We also have a Cayuga male and 3 ladies, and he mates in the pool. Let’s put it this way, when we set eggs to be incubated, the Cayuga eggs seem to be fertilized, the Pekin eggs not.
Second question, the Pekin drake ONLY mates with one girl. Exclusive is an understatement with him! The girl is missing almost all of the feathers in the back of her neck, and she is becomin’ very skittish. He has 2 others that I have never once seen him try to mate with, while I see him after the same girl a couple times an hour. I’ve never seen anything like it. Why is he doing that? What can be done to stop it? We’ve heard using a sock on her neck will help. Opinions? And what about the over-mating in general?!?! Sorry for the long thread!!! Have a blessed day friends.