Drake is making me nervous with behavior

[thumper650]

My boys do that to me, then they have this look of, "sorry" after.
They're aggressive to each other at times, but never to me, even when I pick them up they don't bite.

 

[Halizabeth]

What is going on in the video? Maybe I missed it, but it just looked like he was standing there avoiding you.

It's hard to see in the video, but when I reached out to him his neck started to vibrate... and while my hand was close to him is sounded like a faint hiss. When i moved my hand down it stopped. Up until now he has just been sweet and wary of me. I have worked hard to gain his trust, by hand feeding him peas so I could sneak in a pet or two.. and now he has let me pet him freely without food a coupe time and then today he acted odd when I was loving on his bill trying to get to his feathers to pet.

 

[Halizabeth]

Thanks for all the help!!!!
Sooooooooo I just went to search out some info and I have read and heard on there that some of my behaviors could be causing the problem. I will adjust and hope to continue a peaceful yard.
this is what i found and this is what i plan to do... stop hand feeding him (even though it's so precious when he eats from my hand ) because it is a signal to him that he eats first and that makes him top duck in his mind..... and funny cause he has been hogging the peas from Chocolate (female khaki) I thought he was just being greedy, but now i see he is just being the top duck.
I will learn how to address Marshmallow properly if he continues to show signs of after I adjust my behaviors.............. I can not get more female ducks unless I move..... these ducks get more expensive by the day haha
this is a site i just found very informative and wanted to share.. hope that's ok!!
https://www.raising-ducks.com/aggressive-drakes/

 

[Miss Lydia]

This is great info and so true. I will book mark so it can be used again and again on here.

 

[CayugaJana]

I find when they do that, they are telling me or another duck to knock it off, or get out of my way. I flick mine in the face with my middle finger when they do that. My males and females do this. Although my females only do it to each other. Now anytime I put my hand in the air they all give me the side glance and quit or walk away.