That crazy duck lady
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- Feb 19, 2023
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Hi everyone,
I have 3 grey call duck drakes. 2 of which keep “running away” and sometimes the 3rd joins them, other times not. Coincidentally, they keep going north.
I am wondering if they are trying to migrate instinctively or if they just hate me.
Unfortunately, it’s unsafe to step off my property, especially north because there is a busy road. So they have been imprisoned and I have plans to prevent this from happening. Luckily, they don’t care to fly, they were raised with chickens and flightless ducks so they never really learned it as a means of transportation. They do run surprisingly fast on their little legs though.
These ducks don’t dislike me, I don’t think. They may be timid at times but they were 3 of the 4 ducks I first owned. They’ve been well loved and they know they are safe with me. I will do anything to accommodate any of my birds and I hate to see them consistently try to leave. I don’t know why they are doing this as none of our birds have had any issues free ranging without trailing too far off our property. Even so, we have open fields on all sides of the property, but they are only going into the northern one which comes to the busy road. They have safer fields with more food, coverage, and water and they still choose the barren mud field. They aren’t really foraging, they just simply walk north and sometimes huddle up in some tall grass. Anytime I caught them, they act like a group of teenage boys who got sneaking out past curfew and disappointedly head back home.
There is more possibly relevant information, so feel free to ask questions. But I need advice as to why they may be doing this
Thank you!
I have 3 grey call duck drakes. 2 of which keep “running away” and sometimes the 3rd joins them, other times not. Coincidentally, they keep going north.
I am wondering if they are trying to migrate instinctively or if they just hate me.
Unfortunately, it’s unsafe to step off my property, especially north because there is a busy road. So they have been imprisoned and I have plans to prevent this from happening. Luckily, they don’t care to fly, they were raised with chickens and flightless ducks so they never really learned it as a means of transportation. They do run surprisingly fast on their little legs though.
These ducks don’t dislike me, I don’t think. They may be timid at times but they were 3 of the 4 ducks I first owned. They’ve been well loved and they know they are safe with me. I will do anything to accommodate any of my birds and I hate to see them consistently try to leave. I don’t know why they are doing this as none of our birds have had any issues free ranging without trailing too far off our property. Even so, we have open fields on all sides of the property, but they are only going into the northern one which comes to the busy road. They have safer fields with more food, coverage, and water and they still choose the barren mud field. They aren’t really foraging, they just simply walk north and sometimes huddle up in some tall grass. Anytime I caught them, they act like a group of teenage boys who got sneaking out past curfew and disappointedly head back home.
There is more possibly relevant information, so feel free to ask questions. But I need advice as to why they may be doing this
Thank you!
I would be absolutely devastated if anything happened to them. 
