My duck tries to preen us a lot. He seems so excited to see us. But then he starts to nip harder and pull and twist. He starts making a huff, huff, huff sound. His head crest puffs up. I take this as territorial behavior. My daughter thinks he's just super excited to see us and can't control...
I'm raising Mallards for the eggs, but I've fallen in love. Both my boy and I are allergic to chicken eggs but can eat duck eggs just fine. And we have a juvenile Muscovy that has become my daughter's therapy duck. We just had 3 chicks hatch and have a bunch still under the mama hen. Anyway, I'm...