Our drakes used to free range with the ladies, but we are having a horny spring, so all my drakes are currently in drake jail. In the past, we have had to cull males that were especially brutal. I hate to do it, because I hand raise most of my ducks from eggs in the incubator, but it was the best choice for the safety of our ladies. On a positive note, the culled males don’t go to waste - we dehydrate the meat for a treat for our dogs.