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Honeycombe8

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10. Ducks are monogamous for a year or so. Roosters & chickens - no. So ducks seem to have a sense....

Reply to sarge43 (Reply #6)

Sat Apr 7, 2018, 08:29 PM

Apr 2018

of attachment more so than chickens, which may be an indication of intelligence. More awareness. Mother ducks and mates will sometimes not leave a sick or injured chick/mate. Again, this is something that animals of higher intelligence do.

Ducks are related to geese. Some geese mate for life.