Is she depressed??

[KikiDeAnime]

I've noticed these past days that our 2yr old Chocolate Indian Runner named Duchess has been acting like she's depressed. For 4 weeks, I've been switching both her and our 1yr old Blue Runner named Kaeda around the yard. One day they're with our 3 youngsters, the next they're with their 2yr drake named Colonel.
The 3 youngsters are going to be 9 weeks old this Saturday.
The only reason I've been doing this, is so that the youngsters can get use to being around the adults and so the adults can show them what to do.

Is she depressed because of this?

 

[sourland]

Ducks don't get depressed. I hope that she is not becoming ill.

 

[KikiDeAnime]

Ducks don't get depressed. I hope that she is not becoming ill.

Ah, I forgot that they don't have emotions. Sorry.
And I thought she was ill at first until I checked her completely.

 

[HollowOfWisps]

What are her symptoms or behaviors that have lead you to believe she is depressed?

 

[KikiDeAnime]

What are her symptoms or behaviors that have lead you to believe she is depressed?

Each time that she's out with the youngsters, she stand or sits by the fence separating her from Colonel.
When she's with him, she acts completely normal

 

[HollowOfWisps]

Each time that she's out with the youngsters, she stand or sits by the fence separating her from Colonel.
When she's with him, she acts completely normal

Ducks are very cliquey and have forever friends that they become very attached to. They also tend to not accept new members into their cliques/groups very easily. Adult ducks especially tend to remain in their groups and while they can grow use to new members of the flock they still in most cases choose to stay close to the friends they originally had. My flock is composed of ducks I hatched, some that were drop-offs, hatches from my original hatches etc. and if you pay close attention you will notice that each group while integrated with the others still are very clearly defined. My original hatch was introduced to two of drop-offs while they were still juveniles so they stick together, but any new ducks that have been introduced since remain in their own mini-flock. That being said if she is showing other symptoms then there may be cause for concern, but if she is just showing issues adjusting to the newer flock members then that is fairly normal and I would say that she is lonely. She more than likely sees it as her friend is stuck on the other side of the fence and she is stuck with a bunch of strangers.

Edit: I also wanted to add to make sure you are monitoring her food and water intake since she is showing signs that she is lonely.

 

[quackingdom]

Each time that she's out with the youngsters, she stand or sits by the fence separating her from Colonel.
When she's with him, she acts completely normal

Well then, I guess she's lonely and wants to be with her companion. She hasn't bonded with the young ducks and doesn't want to be with them. Or she wants to go back to her old enclosure. My birds don't like changing locations. They always want to go back "home." It takes several weeks for them to acclimate to a new location. I moved some ducks to my orchard last year, and it took them a long time to get used to it and not try to run "home" to the main flock area whenever they found the gate open. Moving her every day could be stressful, too.

 

[KikiDeAnime]

Well then, I guess she's lonely and wants to be with her companion. She hasn't bonded with the young ducks and doesn't want to be with them. Or she wants to go back to her old enclosure. My birds don't like changing locations. They always want to go back "home." It takes several weeks for them to acclimate to a new location. I moved some ducks to my orchard last year, and it took them a long time to get used to it and not try to run "home" to the main flock area whenever they found the gate open. Moving her every day could be stressful, too.

But I've been doing this for 4 weeks, she was fine until a few days ago.

 

[TheDuckGuy]

Ducks don't get depressed. I hope that she is not becoming ill.

Yes they do

 

[fatty and friends]

ducks do get sad/depressed, and do have emotions. she could also be confused because of being moved around daily.