Needing help knowing

[Winston_the_runner]

Posted a thread earlier, but it’s changed. So overlook: one of our ducks starting about 2 weeks ago started doing these 7-10 consecutive honks, we could teach her to stop or anything, so we lived with it. Later we found it was when a certain person entered or left the room. This person happened to be my dad, at whose house the ducks live at. He was going on a work trip for the weekend so had me take care of them. My mom let them stay at her house so I didn’t have to bike over 2-3 times a day. I’ve been hanging out with them a lot, and now the one hen does the same thing, but at random, or when I’m around. When I get close she also makes soft honks, similar to the sound of a dirt bike. When you cuddle her, she stops and makes happy duck noises. We’ve tried looking into it but haven’t found anything so I though to ask some other people with ducks, that have more experience. Any info helps!

here’s a photo of Winston I got a while back

 

[RJKnott]

My female Pekin, Peep, gives 4 loud honks whenever she sees someone or something in general. She wants to get their attention. When she sees me she does 3 sets of 4 honks. Til I come over and then she mumbles happily while rubbing up against me like a cat or dog might

With Peep when they were inside she would honk at my wife and i would say “Peep! Inside voice!” and she would mumble under her breath and stomp around her pen

It’s just their way of getting attention I think and your dad has a distinct honk like Peep has one for me

 

[Winston_the_runner]

I’m chuckling at the fact of peep stomping around angrily ! It sounds adorable. Did you just start doing that and eventuallly she understood? Sometimes I said “hush” when they did it, and it worked for a minute or so

 

[416bigbore]

We have a female Rouen Pekin mix that loves to Honk as she is out walking about free grazing. She also has no problem with her very LOUD QUACK! QUACK! when she wants to get everyone's attention. Silly Gooses !

https://www.thespruce.com/sounds-ducks-make-386223

 

[RJKnott]

I’m chuckling at the fact of peep stomping around angrily ! It sounds adorable. Did you just start doing that and eventuallly she understood? Sometimes I said “hush” when they did it, and it worked for a minute or so

Sound weird but peep and I have a strong bond. I just said it once and she did her quiet grumbling and I cracked up. And maybe she picked up in that cause she does it regularly heh

And she stomped around when she is mad and it’s so funny. She has such a strong personality she makes me laugh every day

 

[416bigbore]

They are quite the little web footed feathered comedians!

 

[LT71689]

I get one loud quack when it’s been too quiet for too long, 5-7 to force my attention. My littlest was the noisiest when I first got her but it’s switched over to my louder bigger girl who calls for me now. I wish they did something cute like stomp and mumble, instead I just get loud and fussy. I shhhhh them but I’m not convinced it really does much