Pekin duck tucking tail down

[Cdacosta]

Hello everyone,
Looking for suggestions or any information on my male pekin duck he’s been tucking his tail every so often and seems fine, anyone know why??

 

[Evadig]

I am unsure why your duck is holding is tail down. Hopefully someone with experience will be able to explain. He is a cute duck!

 

[Cdacosta]

I am unsure why your duck is holding is tail down. Hopefully someone with experience will be able to explain. He is a cute duck!

Thank you I hope so too…

 

[Jenbirdee]

are you sure that your duck is a male?
my female welshharleQuinn has been holding her tail down while she’s laying down.
She eats and drinks, but she lays away from the others in little hiding places like she doesn’t feel well, and yesterday she laid a poop that looked like soft lash material so I just started her on treatment for salpingitis.. I am concerned that she may be headed for a prolapse because one of my other ducks was acting similarly and did have a prolapse which turned out very badly because the other birds attacked it so now I’m being extra careful and I have this one in a private pen while she’s being treated

 

[Miss Lydia]

It almost looks like an injury have you examined him?

 

[Cdacosta]

are you sure that your duck is a male?
my female welshharleQuinn has been holding her tail down while she’s laying down.
She eats and drinks, but she lays away from the others in little hiding places like she doesn’t feel well, and yesterday she laid a poop that looked like soft lash material so I just started her on treatment for salpingitis.. I am concerned that she may be headed for a prolapse because one of my other ducks was acting similarly and did have a prolapse which turned out very badly because the other birds attacked it so now I’m being extra careful and I have this one in a private pen while she’s being treated

I’m 100% positive he’s a male as I’ve never ever had an egg and he has a drake tail in summer time him and his brother both do not lay eggs and I had them for 2 years already. Thank you for your information though

 

[Cdacosta]

It almost looks like an injury have you examined him?

Yes I have examined him and he’s not showing any signs of an injury.

 

[Miss Lydia]

It's very strange could other drakes be trying to dominate him just wondering if he does this when around other drakes? You only have this drake and another?

 

[Cdacosta]

It’s just him and his brother and it doesn’t do it all the time just every so often he tucks it down

 

[Miss Lydia]

If he is acting normal in every other way eating drinking foraging interacting with his brother maybe it is just a quirt with him. I just can't imagine what it could be and since he only does it every so often, Some things are just baffling. Oh does he do the tail tucking when walking or just when standing still?