duck behavior

I have 2 male Pekín ducks I raised as babies (as well as a female muscovey but she’s on the skidding side. I didn’t raise her.) And they LOVE to nibble on my kinda hard. I don’t think they mean to do it so hard but I also can’t tell. If I don’t have closed toes shoes on they chase my feet...

A few months ago we hatched a female duck and she’s always been attached to me following me around and wanting to be picked up. Recently when I’ve been picking her up she’s been trying to mate with me. She’s in a flock with other ducks (male and female) so we’re not sure why she’s doing this. Is...

Our two pekin-ayelsbury drakes have a particular behavior while swimming where they sometimes lunge their neck backwards and quack once loudly while looking at the other duck. Then, they immediately follow it up by putting their neck straight out parallel with the water and swimming in a circle...

Hi! So okay maybe it's something common, but I honestly don't know since I am still a bit new to duck keeping. I've noticed a while back that my little mallard, Kimmy, who has some minor brain damage from an injury she got as a chick, does this sideways almost reaching motion or something? She...

i got my duckling from atwoods about a week ago. he is a good normal duck but today hes been panting , ive tried cold water but still the same. he lays down with his eyes closed but i cant tell if hes sleeping ? he drinks water normally but only eats from my hand. his eyes are slightly red:( im...

I have blown up this site the past week or so and I apologize! Y’all are very helpful 😄 Got 2 new Anacona ducks in today and one is laying down sprawled out(pictured on the left). I’ve only seen my chicks do this when they were sick in the past. When I saw it laying like this earlier today I...

Hello, I apologize if this thread is in the wrong spot! My female mallard (Molly) is acting more aggressive towards the other ducks as the days go by. She would listen to one of the other ducks who stood up to her and never picked on her after the order was established (Marnie). She’d still...

I’ve had these cuties now for about a month. They were a few weeks old when we got them. My how they have grown!! I’ve been keeping them in my tub at night and bring them outside for the better part of the day. We have a nice routine- I fill the tub for them to swim in the morning give them some...

Hi! I have an older drake (aprox 5-6yrs old) who lost his mate last fall. They had been together for about 5yrs. Over the winter we noticed he lost a bit of weight and now that warmer weather is upon us he wont leave the coop with the rest of the flock, he just sits and acts grumpy all day...

Hello all I need a bit of advice. I have a Perkin female duck. She is the oldest duck there we have. Her behavior is like this. I walk up to her and try to pick her up she sits down. if I go away after a bit she goes about her business again. None of the other ducks do this athough if I sit down...

Hi All, So- in my state there are a few pretty harsh wildfires going on. Not near enough to me that we are in imminent danger or needing to evacuate, but the smoke is terrible. The smoke is supposed to last today, through the night, and fade tomorrow. Usually, throughout the day my ducks would...

What is this Duck behavior? I observe it often from my two Pekins and have always wondered what it was. I thought of it as a “Duck hug” but I would like other more experienced Duck parents to confirm.

Hey All! I've got 5 ducks- 1 Rouen drake, 2 Pekin hens, and 2 Khaki Campbell hens. The Pekin hens are a little over a year old and were raised together since day olds in the brooder. We had an Orptington drake brought up with them that we lost several months ago to a predator. Since then, one...

Having heard from the internets that ducklings burrow into their mother’s plumage, my own Pekins have always nuzzled their wee lil bills into my plumage. I am currently holding my drake, Chowder, and he is doing this behavior as well as vibrating. Is this positive behavior for a happy and...

I had a male duck that was by himself for about a year. I thought he needed a companion so, we came back with 2 female ducks from the local TSC (you can't buy just one). We did not immediately put them in the cage with him because they were small. We let them get bigger and started to get their...

Hey. So I was just curious as to what this duck behavior meant ? I assume she might just be hot due to Louisiana weather (90 degrees today). She has access to a shaded area of the run, has a pool, and has access to fresh water. She’s eating and drinking normal and I gave her some peas I pulled...

Long story but going to try to condense. I bought a house that came w 3 ducks (one male Peking one female Peking - who have been together all their lives - about 4years - and a male Khaki Campbell which appeared at the house / pond about a year ago - he might be 2 years old) They were getting...

I’ve not been able to find anything about this online, but my adult male Pekin who is healthy and normally sized and can make the normal male duck noise as well will sometimes make a weird noise that I can only describe as a “honk”. He opens his bill wider for the honk and it sounds almost like...

I have 14 ducks they’re different breeds and slightly different ages. There are 6 male ducks three of them are extremely chilled out and stay away from the three dominant males. I have one duck who had bowed legs when I got her as a duckling. I didn’t know then the causes of it. She now has very...

I adopted my little girls as ducklings from someone who wasn't planning on keeping them long term, & of course she got them from a store and couldn't remember the label or tag. After research, my two females seemed like Pekins, but there are a few confusing differences. They're both almost 7...