Muscovy pouncing? Body slamming? other Muscovys and me

[Gerby26]

I have young muscovys who when they get pet by me or its like a high energy moment, they start like 'vibrating' or 'shaking' their head before like pouncing at me or or other ducks. Its mostly the drakes that do this. Is this just them trying to dominate another duck/me or are they just in that teenage age where they are experimenting whether they can mount another duck or not? They dont bite onto the other ducks when they do it they just kinda body slam the other duck from behind. All of them are between 3-4 months old I currently have 4 drakes and 4 hens(trying to re-home 3 of the drakes).

If anyone knows anything about this behavior I would love to know! Thank you for reading.

 

[oldhenlikesdogs]

Sounds like they are sexually maturing, and you are stimulating them by petting them. I would stop that at this point. My drakes started chasing the hens a bit as early as 3-4 months.