Re: White campbell ducks

Christina Websell wrote:
Jill wrote:
anni wrote:
hi again
oh so you can stop drakes from bein aggressive ?

Starting young and making sure they never learn to be aggressive.
Birds are not allowed to attack, or to bite,
They are handled firmly but gently if they even think about it.
Never breeding from aggressive birds has given us a flock with few
problems now.

I've kept ducks (swore I would never have any more, they draw foxes
in) but I have found myself with a large Muscovy drake (rescue) I
call him Francis (Drake)
He is not aggressive at all, he is a darling, but if he was I would
pick him up as often as I could, walk around with him for 5 minutes
in my arms, stroking him all the time (which he would hate if he was
aggressive) It's all about who is most dominant. With my poultry it is me
;-)
I've never had an aggressive drake. If I did he would be introduced
to my wellington boot the first time he tried it.
Actually I didn't even know that drakes *could* be aggressive towards
people. Mine have always seemed to know that it's a bad idea.



<g>
Muscovies 'can' be some of the worst if they get away with it!
Because of their size and claws I think - they can push and push and make an
impression.
Its very rare to hear of the mallard based drakes being aggressive to
humans.

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Jill Bowis

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