http://farmingfriends.com/forums/ Farming Friends Forum Tag: drakes en Fri, 24 May 2013 22:06:22 +0000 http://farmingfriends.com/forums/topic.php?id=5158#post-23405 Wed, 08 May 2013 16:52:10 +0000 duskhunter 23405@http://farmingfriends.com/forums/ <p>It does sound as though this has been sorted Ani. As long as he is interested in you large duck and is leaving the smaller ones you don't need to worry. Your big duck may get a bald neck if he is too passionate with her but unelss it is very sore it is not a massive problem we have often joked about making them scarves as protection agains the amorous advances of the boys!<br /> They are funny they do not like being apart but suffer when they are together! </p> http://farmingfriends.com/forums/topic.php?id=5158#post-23404 Tue, 07 May 2013 19:11:36 +0000 ani 23404@http://farmingfriends.com/forums/ <p>sorry, havent been on for a while :) we have sorted the problem (mostly.) do ducks tend to 'mate for life' like swans or something as our drake is obsessed with our other bigger duck. he chases after us and he puffs himslf up if we go near her. the 3 smaller ones are separated, one on eggs and i will have the other 2 together soon as one was recovering from a bad eye ( which is now completely healed!) but I fear that if i did separate the drake and female he is with now, it will affect both of them. They are happy waddling about in the garden during the day and they sleep in the same house. I'm hoping we have sorted this out now, and hopefully we will have some new additions in a few weeks! </p> <p>thank you all so much for putting up with me!</p> <p>ani xxx </p> http://farmingfriends.com/forums/topic.php?id=5158#post-23403 Tue, 30 Apr 2013 10:41:33 +0000 m40mo 23403@http://farmingfriends.com/forums/ <p>ani this has all been a shock for you and fully understand your upset, ok you are only 14 im 55 and still gets frustrated trying to keep them all happy and safe, they are clearly your pets but you are still a child you need help from your parents to try and sort this problem, you say you need drastic help we can only tell you what we do they need to sort this for you </p> <p>your drake is the issue, I see no point in getting rid of the girls you have and getting more, im not sure where you home your ducks but for now I suggest he is put on his own to give you time to think what to do, this can't carry on like this one dead duck is enough :(<br /> I've just looked back and seen you had the same problem last year, what did you do then ? </p> http://farmingfriends.com/forums/topic.php?id=5158#post-23401 Tue, 30 Apr 2013 08:20:49 +0000 duskhunter 23401@http://farmingfriends.com/forums/ <p>Hi Ani,<br /> If you don't separate your drake from the gils he will just carry on doing damage. The small ducks will be most prone to it and it is not only heartbreaking it is not fair on the girls. It is his natural instinct of course but I had a drake drown two girls in breeding season so I separate them now unless I want to hatch eggs and even then I separate them after a while as the drakes can be just so heavy footed/beaked whatever the girls are entitled to live without injury from him. My girls go and sit the other side of the wire netting to keep the drakes company and then they are let back together around the end of October till about the end of Feb when it all starts again. </p> http://farmingfriends.com/forums/topic.php?id=5158#post-23399 Mon, 29 Apr 2013 16:46:57 +0000 ani 23399@http://farmingfriends.com/forums/ <p>well now i have a small duck with a bloody face as he has got hold of her :( i am afraid that if i dont get any drastic help i will have to re-home him... I have spent the last 3 hours crying as i have had such a bad weekend with my ducks (would just like to say i am only 14, so this is very hard as i am very attached to my pets) and I am devastated. I have now got a duck who is badly injured and very scared. I have attempted to clean her eye but she was so stressed i left her to calm down in a clean cage. She has water and i gave her some grass as she loves it. I am torn between keeping the girls or starting again with some new girlies... please help me as i am so upset words cant describe it... :'( xxxx many thankssss xxxxxx </p> http://farmingfriends.com/forums/topic.php?id=5158#post-23398 Mon, 29 Apr 2013 12:00:01 +0000 m40mo 23398@http://farmingfriends.com/forums/ <p>oh how I wish we could castrate drakes, I have 2 and once more mayhem has broken out as both boys want to claim each girl we havnt had injuries but eye damage is my biggest fear, last summer I kept both drakes happy together away from the girls but that would be so unfair for a single drake, im not sure it would be fare to pass him on to someone else though, is he a bigger breed drake than your girls ? would he be better with a bigger girl kept as a pair maybe away from your smaller ducks </p> http://farmingfriends.com/forums/topic.php?id=5158#post-23397 Mon, 29 Apr 2013 09:19:35 +0000 admin 23397@http://farmingfriends.com/forums/ <p>Hi Ani, So sorry to hear this. I suppose the drake could have been over zealous and it could have been too much for her. I am notsure what to suggest. I suppose you could separate the other injured ducks from him until they are better. Is he like this all year round or just as the breeding season gets under way?<br /> Hope he calms down.<br /> Kind regards<br /> Sara @ farmingfriends </p> http://farmingfriends.com/forums/topic.php?id=5158#post-23396 Sat, 27 Apr 2013 16:44:31 +0000 ani 23396@http://farmingfriends.com/forums/ <p>hi guys, haven't posted in a while!</p> <p>any way, i have some very bad news. One of my female ducks was killed this morning, and i was very upset at the fact i was the one to find her whilst attempting to move some chickens. We aren't sure how she died, as there was no bite marks ruling out cat or fox. What i do know is our drake is very heavy handed and caused this duck to go blind in one eye. Do you think he might have killed her? He has also done damage to 2 of my new Call/Campbell females. one of them has some serious damage to her eye. it is red raw and all her feathers around her eye are gone. Her eyelid is pretty much destroyed and she has a small hole that she can see through. Luckily, her eye is fine underneath. She is sitting on some eggs at the moment, so she is in a separate house in the pen. I would like to know if there is ANYTHING i can do to stop this drake as this is really a LAST resort before i have to get rid of him, so please IF YOU HAVE ANY HELP OR TIPS FOR ME, REPLY AS I REALLY DON'T WANT TO HAVE TO LOOSE HIM TOO. thank you every one... </p> http://farmingfriends.com/forums/topic.php?id=2954#post-18381 Wed, 07 Mar 2012 15:12:09 +0000 admin 18381@http://farmingfriends.com/forums/ <p>Thanks Katy, I think the lovely Laura who is a forum member is going to take them.<br /> Kind regards<br /> Sara @ farmingfriends </p> http://farmingfriends.com/forums/topic.php?id=2954#post-18359 Tue, 06 Mar 2012 23:42:07 +0000 Katydid 18359@http://farmingfriends.com/forums/ <p>Dear Sara,<br /> I wish that I was closer, but I'm in Torquay.</p> <p>Good luck with finding someone.<br /> Katy </p> http://farmingfriends.com/forums/topic.php?id=2954#post-18306 Sat, 03 Mar 2012 08:37:25 +0000 admin 18306@http://farmingfriends.com/forums/ <p>Hi All,<br /> I am based between Hull &#38; York and due to pregnancy I am looking to rehome my ducks and drakes.</p> <p>I have a mix of ducks and drakes. I have 1 khaki campbell drake who mixes with 3 khaki campbell ducks they are about 3-4 years old (I'll check my dates), then I have 1 trout runner drake and one mallard drake who run with 4 khaki campbell ducks, 2 buff orpington ducks and a magpie duck (they are 1-2 years old). All the ducks and drakes free range together during the day and sleep in the same hut at night where they lay their eggs which are collected fresh every morning.</p> <p>I would like to rehome them altogether if possible or in their two groups.</p> <p>I would like them to go to a home where they will be pets and will have a secure free range during the day without threat from fox and then to go in a hut at night. A pond would be great aswell.</p> <p>Please comment below if you are interested.</p> <p>I will post pictures of the ducks and drakes.</p> <p>Thanks.<br /> Kind regards<br /> Sara @ farmingfriends </p> http://farmingfriends.com/forums/topic.php?id=2698#post-17034 Fri, 30 Sep 2011 08:40:00 +0000 Marie 17034@http://farmingfriends.com/forums/ <p>It's starting to look like my pen needs extending lol </p> <p>Is it better to try and find 2 females around the same age as mine?</p> <p>I'd love another runner as Jim is so funny to watch (when he's not doing his half hourly thing) </p> http://farmingfriends.com/forums/topic.php?id=2698#post-17033 Fri, 30 Sep 2011 08:15:55 +0000 campbell ridge 17033@http://farmingfriends.com/forums/ <p>runners are rather highly sexed but all ducks calm down in the winter as Mo says. The choice is yours really but there are ducks suited to a one to one ratio more than others and runners prefer a larger flock. </p> http://farmingfriends.com/forums/topic.php?id=2698#post-17031 Fri, 30 Sep 2011 07:57:42 +0000 Marie 17031@http://farmingfriends.com/forums/ <p>Typical male lol </p> <p>He's a runner, she's a domestic crested (we think) they are both about 5 months old so if someone knows their usual habits please let me know.</p> <p>If he's not going to calm down at all then I will be looking for another 2 ish girlies </p> http://farmingfriends.com/forums/topic.php?id=2698#post-17029 Fri, 30 Sep 2011 07:49:34 +0000 m40mo 17029@http://farmingfriends.com/forums/ <p>hi marie yes adding new girls may give Rosie a break but also may just be ignored byt jim who will still favour rosie, its never straight forward sadly,<br /> depending on the breed he may slow down soon, some stop all together over winter, mine are khaki campbells and slow down but don't stop, you have to decide for Rosies sake whats best to do, but if she were mine and was showing signs of damage to her neck I would defo seperate them for short periods of the day to give her a rest from randy Jim lol<br /> if you're not getting eggs yet they are clearly young and hes probably just found something he likes doing lol x </p> http://farmingfriends.com/forums/topic.php?id=2698#post-17027 Fri, 30 Sep 2011 07:40:31 +0000 Marie 17027@http://farmingfriends.com/forums/ <p>I love the thought of more girlies but nervous at the thought of spoiling what Rosie and Jim have together, I have never seen anyone/thing so close before.</p> <p>Will Jims fruity side calm down? Is it seasonal? Or is this now a daily routine?</p> <p>Poor Rosie hasn't even laid her first egg yet! </p> http://farmingfriends.com/forums/topic.php?id=2698#post-17014 Thu, 29 Sep 2011 17:33:59 +0000 campbell ridge 17014@http://farmingfriends.com/forums/ <p>perhaps better then to restrict their time on the pond. You may need to consider getting another female or two. </p> http://farmingfriends.com/forums/topic.php?id=2698#post-17013 Thu, 29 Sep 2011 10:18:41 +0000 m40mo 17013@http://farmingfriends.com/forums/ <p>glad things have calmed for Rosie, I had to seperate my 5, 2 drakes and 3 girls ealier this year as one girl really was over mated until her neck was bald, I now have a couple and the other drake has two girls and things are alot happier here, seperation isnt easy but sometimes has to be done for the benefit of the girl, cruel to be kind as they say lol </p> http://farmingfriends.com/forums/topic.php?id=2698#post-17012 Thu, 29 Sep 2011 09:52:41 +0000 Marie 17012@http://farmingfriends.com/forums/ <p>Thanks Mo, it's only happening in the pond at the moment so giving them full run of the garden rather than just their pen seems to have calmed things a little....As for seperating them.... I think they are super glued together!</p> <p>Marie x </p> http://farmingfriends.com/forums/topic.php?id=2698#post-17000 Wed, 28 Sep 2011 15:21:04 +0000 m40mo 17000@http://farmingfriends.com/forums/ <p>oh dear does sound a little excessive, poor Rosie, she really will go bald necked soon and then when Jim holds on she could get very sore,have heard of drakes actually causing bleeding. </p> <p>So sounds like Rosie and Jim ( great names by the way ) may need to become a far bigger group or seperated some times through out the day to give poor Rosie a break </p> http://farmingfriends.com/forums/topic.php?id=2698#post-16999 Wed, 28 Sep 2011 12:49:59 +0000 admin 16999@http://farmingfriends.com/forums/ <p>Hi All,</p> <p>Marie on the farmingfriends facebook page has asked,</p> <blockquote><p>Duck advice needed.... Jims "fruity" feelings have arrived with abundance, I'm a little concerned about Rosie as this seems to be every half an hour?? She won't have a crest left at this rate..... Is this normal? Marie</p></blockquote> <p><a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Farming-Friends/165905205668" rel="nofollow">http://www.facebook.com/pages/Farming-Friends/165905205668</a></p> <p>Thanks for any advice.<br /> kind regards<br /> Sara @ farmingfriends </p> http://farmingfriends.com/forums/topic.php?id=2666#post-16738 Sat, 03 Sep 2011 12:14:59 +0000 admin 16738@http://farmingfriends.com/forums/ <p>Hi All,</p> <p>Just had this posted on the farmingfriends facebook page by Zo. <a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Farming-Friends/165905205668" rel="nofollow">http://www.facebook.com/pages/Farming-Friends/165905205668</a></p> <blockquote><p>Hi Farming Friends.... can anyone help re-home 2 Khaki Cambbell drakes? They are in the Bristol area and the owner cannot keep them, I am happy to drive to re-home them. I am picking them up from the chap in Bristol next week. They are desperate. Thanks!</p></blockquote> <p>Let me know if you can help.<br /> kind regards<br /> Sara @ farmingfriends </p> http://farmingfriends.com/forums/topic.php?id=2572#post-15726 Thu, 07 Jul 2011 14:12:00 +0000 m40mo 15726@http://farmingfriends.com/forums/ <p>this so reminds me of last year when mine turned into 2 drakes and 1 girl, as I was so attached I ignored everyones advice to get rid of 1 male and got 2 more girls, this year I have ended up having to split their lovely pen in two and fill in their lovely large pond to make two pens with smaller ponds, all this is down to the rape of 2 of the girls and fighting between the boys, I now have one couple and one trio, they now have to take it in turns in the garden as no way can they be together at the moment, as i'm at home all the time that is managable but have to say it has some what upset what should have been a very happy experience haveing ducks plodding around my garden, </p> <p>have to say though 6 girls per boy isn't actually needed mine are fine as they are now </p> http://farmingfriends.com/forums/topic.php?id=2572#post-15723 Thu, 07 Jul 2011 13:28:19 +0000 admin 15723@http://farmingfriends.com/forums/ <p>Hi All,</p> <p>What advice do you have for Carolyn who has 2 ducks and 2 drakes.</p> <blockquote><p>The ducklings I got at Easter have turned out to be 2 drakes &#38; 2 ducks. Will this ratio work, or will there be problems with having two drakes ? Hope you can help Many thanks Carolyn</p></blockquote> <p>My response was:</p> <p>There may be rivalry between the drakes when they reach maturity so they may fight to see who is top drake!</p> <p>They may also prefer one female over the other and both my fight over the duck which could hurt the duck as well as the drakes.</p> <p>You could separate them into two groups of one drake and one duck during the breeding season and then put them back together during Autumn and Winter when they will probably get on fine. This may depend on the amount of space you have and the housing you have and if you are able to partition it off.</p> <p>You could also increase the number of females. 1 drake to about 6 ducks is a good amount.</p> <p>Thanks for any advice.<br /> Kind regards<br /> Sara @ farmingfriends </p> http://farmingfriends.com/forums/topic.php?id=2490#post-15222 Fri, 24 Jun 2011 13:17:27 +0000 Kerrymac04 15222@http://farmingfriends.com/forums/ <p>I have 1 pure bred indian Runner for sale, Choc/Fawn Colour. 99% Fertility rating. £20</p> <p>2 Indian runner cross drakes, 1 crossed with ayesbury and other crossed with saxony, very striking birds only 8 weeks old. both changeing colour so hard to predict finishing colour. £15 Each</p> <p>Will happily trade! offers invited.<br /> I live in Dumfries and Galloway, Delivary maybe possible at a small cost </p> http://farmingfriends.com/forums/topic.php?id=1878#post-13183 Thu, 28 Apr 2011 19:54:56 +0000 Mama 13183@http://farmingfriends.com/forums/ <p>Really sorry to hear about this Andy , can't imagine how sad it must be for you to want to give away your lovely birds . Best wishes Mama . </p> http://farmingfriends.com/forums/topic.php?id=1878#post-13171 Thu, 28 Apr 2011 15:19:59 +0000 pinkpoultry 13171@http://farmingfriends.com/forums/ <p>i have exactly the same problem! </p> http://farmingfriends.com/forums/topic.php?id=1878#post-13139 Thu, 28 Apr 2011 06:43:20 +0000 Andyhurst23 13139@http://farmingfriends.com/forums/ <p>6 drake's for sale.<br /> A mixture of indian runner and indian runner cross available.<br /> Due to an unfortunate fox attack we have lost our female ducks and our remaining two are being constnatly pestered, and the boys are starting to pick on each other!<br /> Free to a good home</p> <p>MANCHESTER AREA </p> http://farmingfriends.com/forums/topic.php?id=1486#post-11906 Thu, 10 Mar 2011 20:56:37 +0000 Lorna 11906@http://farmingfriends.com/forums/ <p>Hi Karen,<br /> I find this funny as 2 of my biggest ducks do this as well and Jonathan stands beside them now not bothering, it is really funny. He tends to mate with one of the runners.</p> <p>Also Colleen my biggest KC does this to the other ducks as well, she definitly would be the most dominanat female, but she has got more queit otherwise and she lets me lift her up and cuddle her when she is in her house,I must admit she is a favourite of mine now. The others are more wild than her.</p> <p>Regards<br /> Lorna. </p> http://farmingfriends.com/forums/topic.php?id=1486#post-11900 Thu, 10 Mar 2011 19:00:45 +0000 dollydylo 11900@http://farmingfriends.com/forums/ <p>Hi mo.. sorry, thought you meant your ducks hormones and have now realised you meant your own! Best of luck with that one then!! lol xx </p>