The Five Phases of Flapper
In every day, there are five key phases of Flapper. Flapper explains what each phase means and how you can use each phase to your best advantage.
The first phase is posing.
This is an important phase. This is a default phase for many uses. It can show how cute you are, but it can also be used to show disinterest. Use the posing phase when you want to be admired or when you want to send a message that says “mmm I don’t really care so much.”
The second phase is blushing.
This phase happens when your people tells you how cute you are. You can try to resist blushing, but it is very difficult. Also, when you blush, your people will just tell you you’re even cuter, and that just causes more blushing. This is an embarrassing phase when you are trying to act cool and casual.
The third phase is honking.
This phase is also known as “the donkey honk.” You can only blush in phase two for so long, and then you have to fight back. Phase three is where you strut your stuff. If your people thinks you’re cute and handsome, show off. Make sure your people sees your smile and your muscles and your belly. People like belly feathers. Honking is sure to get you hugs and pats. It also might get you treats.
The fourth phase is noshing.
If treats don’t appear after honking, you will need to build up your strength for more phases. Find your food bowl and nom nom nom on snacks. I prefer lettuces and peas during the day, and duck crumble at night in my pen. Every duck is different though. Right now I like waffles for breakfast. Mmmmm.
The fifth phase is snoozing.
All that posing, blushing, honking and noshing can really be exhausting. So it’s important to spend time snoozing. If I can’t snooze on my people, I like to choose a corner, a plant or a rock to prop my beak up against, and then I can really snooze in peace. Chewy can tuck his beak behind his wing but mine always falls out, so I have to prop it up.
After the fifth phase is complete, you can start again at phase one.
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So those are the five phases of Flapper. The people have been sick here at Flapper’s house, so the blog has been quiet. We’re finally on the mend and should be feeling better soon. In other news, Chewy has had a limp. We’re not sure why… we left for work one day and he was fine. Came home that night and he was limping. It seems to be improving and he is putting weight on it just fine, so hopefully it will resolve on its own. Flapper is doing pretty well these days, thankfully, and the anti-inflammatories are keeping his arthritis pain in check.
More updates as we feel better. Until then, thanks for your patience and quacks.
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You know Flapper so well, an d he knows how to get his way too;-) He’s a sweetheart. Great series of beautiful shots, the donkey honk is still my favorite, though I love his blush too. Very cute.
I hope you’ll be feeling better soon, not much fun being sick.
Best wishes for Chewy, I hope it’s nothing serious, maybe he got chased by one of the others and came down wrong. Glad to hear that Flapper is feeling better:-)
Aw, Flapper – each phase is sweeter than the last. I hope your people feels better soon!
Yup. “People like belly feathers.”
Flapper, you are just too cute! I love the blush phase
Beautiful photos and wonderful descriptions. Thanks so much for sharing, Tiff.
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I hope Flapper’s peoples are completely well again very very soon. Sorry you got ill. Peoples here have been ill too… in-FLEW-enza isn’t much fun.
Good news about the anti-inflammatories helping Flapper feel better.
) Also that Chewy seems to be improving. Limp begone!
Ohh we like you name for the donkey honk. Paulie does that, usually to show off, but Harold has never done it. It’s hilarious to see! Sometimes when Paulie does the donkey honk he smoothly transitions into his “swordneck” – which is when he stretches his neck out and runs like a torpedo after humans, usually Dad because Paulie’s mission in life is to ambush and chase Dad.
Harold took anti-inflammatory injections as a baby and adolescent when his pneumonia infection went to his knees. He is bowlegged but gets around fine, just a little slower. We hope he is not in constant arthritis pain! But he seems okay…
What a great job of charting the five phases of flapper. The pictures are awesome! With our 15 ducks, we thought we’d seen about everything, especially with mating season starting. We have never seen the Donkey Honk before! Might have to get directions from Mr Flapper on how to do this.
Our drakes do, however, do what I call, the drakes bow. They get together, and do this bow, but in truth, it’s more of a curtsey, but I’ll never tell…
Glad Flapper is doing better and getting his cute on!
Aw, Flappy! I’m stting here applauding. Wonderful demonstration. I like waffles, too (vegan, of course), so I think #4 is my fave.
I’m sorry to hear that the people is sick.
Keep us updated on Da Chooch.
It is good to be back online. Had the laptop in the shop for a week but all is fine. yeah! no viruses and no hardware problems. life is good. I am glad to know about the 5 phases of Flapper and to know he is on the mend along with Chewey. Take care to all of Flap’s family – human and feathered!!!