Duck behavior: Is my Khaki Campbell quacking up?

[Freie Family Farm]

I quack at my quackers and hiss at my muscovy drake because he does not leave me alone the second I step in to the pen lol ducks quack me up

 

[KaleIAm]

Some of your stories are so funny! Shout quacking back! Hahaha.

She didn't start doing this until this year, and only after her metal poisoning. I also feel like she is upset that I added more ducks this year (there were just the two of them last year) and she wants to be an only duck... Though she has been considerably happier and better looking since I added more females so the drake lays off. She's not afraid to get in the water anymore since his affections are spread out more.

She's not super into asking for things. None of them are really into coming up to me unless their food or water is empty, or they see I have greens or the designated "pea bowl" in my hands. Usually they run away from me, but are very into seeing what we're doing if we're not in the run.

They don't free roam due to the amount of predators around here, but they have a large run with a pool and two coops they can hang out in if they want. She is definitely the queen of the flock though - she has no problem charging at others if she doesn't want them near her. She used to abruptly "scream" really loudly (a super loud quack) before the others came along, and sometimes she'd fly up onto the coop roof to get away from the drake. Sometimes I wonder if she just wants to be alone -- she never cared much when we took the drake away to treat him for bumblefoot or to just get him away from her for a bit, which is different from the other ducks who absolutely lose their minds when separated from their buddies (the drake cries when I separate them! She clearly doesn't share his affections ). Anyone have hens that prefer to be by themselves?

That's very interesting to me that your shout quacker is also the top duck. I wonder how consistent that is among other flocks.

All my ducks have an intense need to be near their flock mates. Though it seems less now that they are older (5.5-6.5 years). When they were younger they needed to be within a few feet of each other, now they can get 10-20 feet away at times without having a major melt down.