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Sounds like she definitely adores your dog. It could be friendship or a little more. I've seen flocks of ducks do this as a social conversation strategy, but if a female faces the male straight-on and quickly bobs her head, then sits on her belly or lowers herself in the water, it's a romantic...

Oh yes, I forgot to reply to the Call hens comment. Yes, I've seen my other ducks, the hens, do this before. It is a way they run others off. But this time, Mr. Wiggles, just marches mostly in circles and takes his time. It looks much more like a display rather than a real action. Is he...

Thanks for your responses. He is a Rouen. 3.5 months old. And he loves sitting on my lap and flaring his forehead at me in futile flirtation attempts. It's like he's flexing his muscles to show off or something. Then he taps my lap or the ground with his beak and waits for me to bob my...

I've heard of ducks falling in love with people...and when I enter the room, my drake has been rasping, flaring his head feathers, and dilating his pupils at me. The last few days, if I enter the room and sort of surprise him, he shoots straight up into what almost looks like a standing...

Thanks for the advice. We have been taking them into the garage for the night and letting them back out around 9:30 in the morning while walking around the yard with them. I've been looking up into the trees and thought I saw a hawk yell and fly away on the first morning, but also thought I...

Looks like a Khaki to me too. Without protection, predators will kill her. Also, if you end up keeping her, she will wish for another mate or friend. Two ducks are more entertaining than one anyway! By the way, duck eggs are great for baking.

We live in Preston Hollow, a woodsy and creeked neighborhood in Dallas. Around noon on Christmas, our friend found one of our precious Rouens, Cupcake, dead on her back, feathers in a circle around her, with her lower belly cut open and a lot of her entrails dragged out onto the ground...