Do ducks "stand guard"?

[WannaBeHillBilly]

I feel sorry for the humans packed into those Canadair jets. The old prop planes that preceded the RJ were more comfortable.

Tell me about it! I'm 193cm (6'4") tall. Can't even stand upright in those sardine cans.

 

[WannaBeHillBilly]

Most of us have seen this if we have Runners but It's hilarious how straight stalk straight these Runner Drakes stand when on attention They must know just how to do it with out falling back wards.

When mine were young, they did topple over, ducks and drakes alike. Usually accompanied by a "fright-poop" high into the air.

 

[Miss Lydia]

When mine were young, they did topple over, ducks and drakes alike. Usually accompanied by a "fright-poop" high into the air.

Never seen that but I bet it was hilarious as long as you weren’t in the line of fire.

 

[WannaBeHillBilly]

Never seen that but I bet it was hilarious as long as you weren’t in the line of fire.

It looked funny and i was laughing out loud (to the duck's embarrassment!) and it explained how poop ended up on the top of the hanging waterer…

 

[Shadowfax419]

I'm just trying to get over the hunters shooting your ducks!

Yeah, it's been 2 1/2 years and we still get mad thinking about it. Last year we kept them in a 50 x 25 ft pen and it worked out ok. We've added a black runner drake, a pekin drake and two cayuga hens this year! Add to that, just 5 days ago, our sitting mallard hen, Lucy hatched 8 ducklings. We were worried about their safety and were contemplating rounding them up and putting them in a pen. It appears, however, that Lucy is a demon mama, not letting anyone, including my Wife, anywhere close to her chicks. She even charged our horse, who happened to get too close! So far...so good! They have learned to climb the ramp to the pool and seem to be doing good!

 

[Miss Lydia]

We forgot all about those hunters who killed your ducks, such a tragedy. Sounds like things are going good now with new babies and a mama who knows how to protect them.

 

[Jac Jac]

We live near a very very small airfield. It’s mostly small planes and little ultra lites, basically a lot of flying go carts!
The ducks watch them all closely, sometimes even commercial aircraft we can barely see!

Better watch them ducks. Seems to me they may be sizing things up by planning their escape to be with the larger "flock".