Duck flirting?

[Kkrista123]

Ever had one try to run up your arm yet? That's a mating thing too. One of my runners was doing that to me yesterday.

Gils done it to strangers Head bob, then just a full scale up their whole arm. We just let them think she was trying to 'fight them for dominance' She bobs her head at me if she's happy or super excited but rarely flirts with her human parents. If she does bob her head in a flirty way we know because she tries to bite down on us and we just push her off ad ignore her. She HATES being ignored so she learned not to flirt with us. Strangers however, she is pretty behaved with but just learning the last few manners

So @2 many chickens yes, I think it can be an excitement thing although it usually is a mating thing. If they're looking at each other, they're flirting. If they're head bobbing at you they're probably just trying to look as cute as possible so you'll give them all that food you walked out with!

(Gil is an indoor pet duck)

 

[Athiena14]

Gils done it to strangers Head bob, then just a full scale up their whole arm. We just let them think she was trying to 'fight them for dominance' She bobs her head at me if she's happy or super excited but rarely flirts with her human parents. If she does bob her head in a flirty way we know because she tries to bite down on us and we just push her off ad ignore her. She HATES being ignored so she learned not to flirt with us. Strangers however, she is pretty behaved with but just learning the last few manners

So @2 many chickens yes, I think it can be an excitement thing although it usually is a mating thing. If they're looking at each other, they're flirting. If they're head bobbing at you they're probably just trying to look as cute as possible so you'll give them all that food you walked out with!

(Gil is an indoor pet duck)

This made me laugh. Now I'm worried about what these two may do once they get more comfortable with me lol. I already got a male turkey that tries to breed with anything including their feed bucket

 

[Kkrista123]

LOL A FEED BUCKET!!!!!
I bet your ducks will be more interested in flirting with each other than you, at least the bite doesn't reallllllly hurt it just catches you off guard!