When a flock of ducks walks, why do they always like to walk in line?

This is a very interesting question. It is true that when a flock of ducks walks, they usually line up in a neat line and follow each other in a very orderly manner, but as a poultry, when a flock of chickens walks, they will have no regularity and order. So, what causes duck and chicken to have completely different habits?

Let's discuss this together. First, let's see why ducks like to line up? Domestic ducks are one of our most common poultry, and our domestic ducks are domesticated from wild ducks and wild ducks.

According to archaeologists' research on the remains of domestic ducks, it was found that the earliest domesticated wild ducks were domesticated by industrious ancient people about 6,000 years ago. At that time, humans had already domesticated a variety of wild animals.

Including dogs, sheep, pigs, cows, cats, chickens, donkeys, etc. (in chronological order). In terms of time, of all poultry, chickens were the first to be domesticated, about 8000 years ago, and after 2000 years of raising chickens, wild ducks were targeted to fill their "egg banks" and "poultry banks". Therefore, many of the habits of the domestic duck can be found in its emerald.

Wild ducks are found, including the habit of queuing. Mallards are a group of birds that move in groups except during the breeding season. In the wild, mallards usually come in flocks.

So, how did this behavior come about? Let's look at this from three perspectives: Mallard.

It is a widely distributed swimming bird. It is found in Asia, Europe, and even the Americas. As a swimming bird, mallards are always inseparable from the water.

Mallards live mainly in open freshwater and feed on the flora and fauna in the water. In open water, mallards are completely exposed to the sight of predators. When in danger, they love flocks of mallards.

If scattered, they can easily collide with each other when they encounter natural predators during takeoff, which is not conducive to their survival. If they line up, they can respond to emergencies in an orderly and safe manner, even on land. On land, mallards also like to flock to the city.

On land, if foxes, wild cats.

and other carnivores.

Clustered together disorderly during hunting, they may collide with each other during takeoff. Thus, the orderly arrangement allows the mallards to better escape in an open living environment without colliding with each other.

And this habit is also good for domestic ducks (mainly free-range), so domestic ducks do not abandon this favorable habit. The reason why the duck queue comes from the mallard duck, and the reason why the mallard has the habit of queuing and moving is that, on the one hand, it is more conducive to escaping on its own, and on the other hand, the Yin entourage will soon become established after birth through learning.

After ducklings hatch out of their shells, the first thing they see at the creature is usually their mother. In the days that followed, they would line up and follow their mother to learn to swim and forage.

Because this allows them to flee quickly in the face of danger, which is also a habit passed down by ducks.

After a duckling hatches out of its shell, the first thing they see that moves is usually their mother. In the days that followed, they would line up and follow their mothers all the time, learning to swim and forage with them, so that the ducks we saw were in a line.

There may be one who takes the lead, just like the geese are always in a herringbone shape, arranged in a row according to their generation or other means, and this behavior is also said to be an atavistic phenomenon.

This is probably because when they were young, they were used to following their mothers to forage for food, so they retained this habit when they grew up.

Maybe the ducks are a large group, and there are lead ducks to lead them to play, so that they can be orderly so that they will not be hurt by humans.

Because the ducks are very orderly, they have a lead duck. You can let them walk very regularly.

Because this is the habit of ducks, and they will shake their bodies when walking, it will be more convenient to line up in a row.

The survival habits of each animal are different, and ducks rely on ducks to find natural predators.

Because ducks care more about the group, but the chickens don't care about the group, so the ducks are more uniform, and the chickens are all messy.

This is because ducks are social animals, so they have such a survival mode, and it is also to better protect their partners.

Reasons why ducks or geese line up to walk:

1. The phenomenon of atavism; Just like the geese lining up to fly, the geese lining up to fly can save effort, and the ducks also have the leader of the leader, and the younger ones are in the back.

2. Ducks walk according to the grade standard, and the most careful thing is to stop the male duck in front.

Goose walks and ducks walk from side to side, but ducks have a small physique and a low center of gravity, so ducks walk and sway smaller, and walk faster, while geese are very large, so the swinging amplitude of geese is much larger than that of ducks.

The ducks walking in line is a short story. The main content is that a duck enters the house from the window, and it leads the way to the table, and the other ducks follow, one after the other, in a line, through the house with a "clucking" sound, to the door, and through the door, a group of ducks back out of the window.

This little story shows a good team spirit, showing the unity and friendship of the ducks, no matter which duck goes first, as long as it goes, the other ducks will follow, as if they are lined up in a line, united and cooperative, and completed the task.

This quality is more reflective of the power of unity, which can motivate us to work in a team, no matter how big or small the task is, as long as one person sets out, the other members will immediately follow and complete the task together to achieve success together.

Summary. Hello dear, the duckling walked two steps on his stomach because he had not yet developed, and his legs were relatively weak, and he felt that he could not support it after walking a few steps, so he climbed down and rested for a while. You can give it a little more nutrients.

You should feed your ducklings cooked rice grains and then add glucose and vitamins to the water to give them nutrients. Hope it can help you, dear <>

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Hello dear, the duckling walked two steps on his stomach because he had not yet developed, and his legs were relatively weak, and he felt that he could not support it after walking a few steps, so he climbed down and rested for a while. You can give it a little more nutrients. You should feed your ducklings cooked rice grains and then add glucose and vitamins to the water to give them nutrients.

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It is related to the body structure of the duck, because the duck has a fat body, so it is inevitable that there will be imbalance when walking, swaying and swinging.

Because it's their innate ability, it's their instinct to do so, and it's not affected by anything.

Because it keeps their bodies balanced, after all, the distance between their legs is too great.

In fact, the reason is not difficult to understand, because the foraging range of ducks is generally in the water or at the edge of the water, if the group is scattered in the water, then the probability of successful foraging is very small, in contrast, the duck queue foraging live, the probability of success is relatively large. But chickens are different, they hunt on land, and land is not as mobile as water, so even if you don't have to queue up to feed, you can successfully catch food.

Instinct. Because ducks have this instinct and will line up and be orderly, while chickens do not have this instinct and run around.

This is explained in terms of animal foraging. Because ducks forage in the water, if they forage in the water, there is no way for a single duck to achieve good results, and only a group can better forage, so they will be together in an orderly manner. Chickens, on the other hand, forage on land.

So there's no need for them to stay organized.