I wish mine would do that! I have to force them out of the pen and to the water. They sit on the very edge just waiting to get back up to the pen.
We have an acre pond with a floating duck house and large dock. I was excited to get ducks. Should have researched more I guess.
I started with 6 ducks. 3 pekin 3 kakis. all have been killed by a mystery night stalker but 2. They won't go in the water! They sit at the edge or in the spot where their old pen used to be. I now keep the last two in with the chickens. This is not what I wanted. I wanted ducks for the lake not...