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Troops! ... Faaaaaall ... IN! :)

 

Getting in line behind the alpha duck (if you watch closely - their first response is toward a focal point) ... the ducks on the right even run past the open door, the farmer (who they hesitate a bit at) and try to get behind the lead duck (but by then there is a surge towards the door).

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Ahahaha. Where I live now I've been asked to help with tending the ducks. There are about 60, of two breeds and they live in 2 separate coops right now. We let them out in the morning and usher them home at night.

 

There's definitely something to the saying "get all your ducks in a row".... if you can manipulate their momentum you can get them to move as a group. They really don't like being apart from the group. But at night they almost put themselves in. They'll split into their two groups on their own and go to their two separate coops, which are in opposite directions.

 

We've had a sick duck who has been kept separate and is now completely ostracized by the other ducks. They seem to know she's no longer part of the flock and behave just like school children: it isn't cool to spend time with the kid who "isn't cool." On the other hand, this duck who hasn't spent much time with the flock the past couple weeks seems to be learning to think on her own a bit more. Hehe. Silly mob mentality.

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