Twitching

[acriswell4]

Is twitching normal or a sign of something?

 

[Bills vs Beaks]

Did he just bath? Has he stopped?

 

[acriswell4]

Yes he did, he does it through out the day to though.

 

[Bills vs Beaks]

Is he active, eating, foraging,walking fine,not making strange noises?

 

[Spyderk117]

My ducks do that when they are preening their wing feathers. And when they get out of the pool too. Not exactly sure what it means.

 

[rachd1987]

I often wondered this - I think I read somewhere they twitch after bathing and preening to help everything "fall back into place"

 

[shortgrass]

He looks like he's trying to quack or take off flying... Ours jiggle like that right before taking off flying (we have Mallards currently)... Is he nervous about something maybe? A nearby male he's showing off for? The neighbors cat?

That's not the typical "jiggling after a bath", that's more pronounced, IMO anyway..

Edit* I consulted DH with the video (I'm the chicken lady, he's the duck man lol) and he says its perfectly normal. It's the duck version of " restless leg syndrome " ha-ha; they're exercising their wing muscles, usually after sitting for a while or when they're young and learning how to use their wings. Just keeping their flight muscles ready to go.

 

[aileenpnz]

Both of my WH twitch their wings too, odd mannerism I thought, but settling feathers right could be the reason. ?