One female who won't fly.

[Stanui]

Our little flock of mallards have all started to fly. We have one female who seems to refuse to fly. From what we can tell she can fly. We have seen her fly about 50 yards and about 10 feet in the air. But, when it comes to out and out flying way up in the sky she just won't do it.

Is there a reason for this? She doesn't seem to be injured and has shown us that she is able to fly.

She is about 4.5 months old.

 

[Rosecomb-Ryan]

Why do you want her yo fly? Some ducks are lazy and dont want to fly. If she has food and water why fly?

 

[rlhbond]

Maybe she's afraid of heights?

 

[ChickenToes]

That means that she is happy where she is and has no desire to leave. It's a good thing! My Mallards are like that too, they only fly away when they think they are in danger.