Thanks Jen1979!
I must try the peas!! Mine love lettuce but they show 2 different (funny) behaviors towards it.
Behavior 1: I feed them lettuce in their pen, they do not eat from my hand- they simply wait till I throw it close to them. If i try throwing it closer to me, they do not go past 3-4 ft away from me. This is an everyday normal.
Behavior 2: I took them out to roam around in the backyard for the first time last weekend, while I was making breakfast inside (watching them thru the glass door). They immediately went to the glass sliding door and stood there looking at us in the kitchen. I knew they could see us because I'd come up to the glass and they'd look up at me. It looked like they were asking for food so I opened the sliding door and stuck my hand out with some lettuce. They didn't run away, instead they came closer and started eating lettuce from my hand!! What?!?! I was 2 inches away from them and that was totally acceptable to them.:/ ...and when I'm in the pen trying to feed them lettuce they don't come anywhere near me no matter how long i sit there holding it! Later I opened the sliding door even more that they could see half of me and they still never ran away. Whats with that???? I thought their fear of people had been conquered but no...same story repeats in the pen.
Maybe they just didn't like feeling cornered. Now since they know they can escape if they need to, they're more comfortable? That's my best guess, lol.
My ducks didn't know what to make of the pool too when I got them. I threw some treats up the ramp and I just let them figure it out slowly on their own. They still don't always use it but at least they know what it's for now.
