These ducks…

[Disheygirl]

I raised these two buttheads from their first second of life. Hatched them. Tended to their every want and need. Cleaned their brooder out multiple times a day, fed them, held them, gave them treats, took them to the sink to swim, etc etc. Was never rough, loud, or mean to them.

And yet a few months later, they not only run away from me, but now the male has started raising his duck-hackles like he’s extra tough and going to run me off. Sigh.

What breed makes the sweetest pet? I want some lap-ducks, darn it!

 

[Goosebaby]

Give it a few months. The sun is shifting and they can tell fall is coming. My pekins had seasonal paranoia around fall/ winter, thoughts of Christmas dinner lingering on the mind…..

My pekins were also kinda bipolar in general though, one day they would like me, the next I was a filthy peasant ruining their day with my presence., and the day after that I might as well have been a xenomorph with the way they acted around me.

Rouens and Cayugas are so far the most friendly I’ve had, and adding in a calm duck can help the others relax.

 

[Toad9000]

Khaki Campbells are known to be skittish, but by hand feeding mine and picking up/handling them multiple times a day, they now handle being held just fine at 5 months old. But they still don't like the process of being picked up! You have to chase them around and corner them to get them in your arms, but once you have them they're cuddly little babies. There's something inherently really off-putting to ducks about a giant predatory ape scooping them up. Can't really blame them for it.