What are they doing?

[folgerrd]

My two pekin ducks, Johnny and Baby, tend to wag their tails a lot, why? Is it happiness like a dog? Being annoyed like a cat? A mystery? Also they stand up really tall and shake their wings a little from time to time, why do they do that?

a little like that, but a duck and still in a standing position.

I doubt it's something bad, I'm just a little curious...

 

[Miss Lydia]

My Muscovies do the tail wagging also, so here is a link to why ducks wag their tails. https://www.google.com/#hl=en&gs_nf...pw.r_qf.&fp=b312ad3a89945629&biw=1440&bih=767

http://www.chickmoorman.com/swArticleducks.html

 

[OldGuy43]

Who can know the mind of a duck?

Maybe it just feels good.

 

[RubberDuckee]

Ducks do so many things that I do not understand... It is such curious behavior to me. While I know that behvaior various between duck species, dos anyone know if there is some sort of duck behavior catalog list or something like that? I always want to know what my ducks are doing and what it means..

 

[folgerrd]

Thanks for the help!

 

[new2ducks]

my ducks seem to be happy when they wag their tails and it's funny, our dog runs up to the fence and barks and they almost seem to bark back at her...they turn to face her and open their beaks like they're going to let out this big roar!

 

[Mum]

Standing tall and flapping their wings ... having a good stretch

 

[folgerrd]

Standing tall and flapping their wings ... having a good stretch

I thought so at first but they mostly do it when something they like happens. Like jumping into their pool, being given tomato, stuff like that I'm starting to wonder if it's maybe excitement.

 

[Amiga]

I call it the "I'm okay" wing flap. My runners do it when they get outdoors in the morning, after I have held them or medicated them, after a scary encounter and things have settled down, or just to let the world know, hey, I am okay.


They wag their tails when they are content, which is often.

 

[Mum]

Who can know the mind of a duck?

I'm going to hazard a guess at this one .... (in no particular order)

~ food
~ mealworms
~ water
~ mealworms
~ swimming
~mealworms
~ mating
~ mealworms
~ sleeping
~ frozen peas