Is it common for male aylesbuy ducks to pull out feathers, peck and nearly drown the females while mating? This is their first breeding year and I have equal numbers of each duck.
Mine used to bury their eggs quite deep in the straw we used for bedding, which must have kept them warm, we never seperated the sexes and no problems appart from the 'near drowning' experiences. Your should get ducklings this year, think its 28 days or something like that.