Quaaaack, Quaaaack, Quaaaack, all day long! Any advice?

[apan]

I have one female runner who, for the past few months, has been increasingly noisy. The neighbor is understandably getting annoyed (although they have their share of animal noises in their yard.) I have tried almost everything to get her to stop short of getting rid of her.

- Water is fresh and replenished every day
- Food is constantly available
- Daily pile of treats (spinach, chopped cucumbers, melon, etc)
- Not one but two swimming areas (one muddy pond and one kiddie pool of fresh water)
- Free range of a 40 X 50 foot area with plenty of weeds, bushes, shady patches, bugs, etc to investigate

The other 7 ducks are calm and quiet, but she quacks loudly and angrily all day long. Even while she's doing seemingly happy activities like preening, grazing, or has her mouth full of chow, you can still hear her muffled quack.

What's her deal?

 

[Miss Lydia]

Any new changes in her life?

 

[apan]

New ducks were added to the flock back in April. At that time, we also added the fence to confine them to the "limited free range." But the quacking has been only for the last 3 months or so, steadily increasing. No new changes I can think of in that time.

 

[its raining hen]

Mine quack in the morning quite a bit in the month before laying.

 

[ChuckieJoe]

You've done all those nice things for her. She's happy. She's gonna quack quack until the end of time.

Tell your neighbors to get used to it. Or move.

 

[Miss Lydia]

Ducks do like to quack Mine go in spurts. My 2 Buff ducks are my loudest my Runners quack but not as loud.

 

[Poultrybonkers]

My runner is just as loud but the other two are quiet

 

[Mama Runner]

Loudmouth is a Pekin and she and Runt the Runner talk all day. Both tattle tale all the time. I enjoy their quacking and do talk back with them on occasion.

 

[TLWR]

How old? My runners quieted down after their first year

 

[Miss Lydia]

Maybe sit and watch her and maybe you can figure out what is setting her off and maybe it is something she is seeing then you can block that section off? Could there be a dog in the next yard that is making her feel unsecure?