The Poultry Keeper

bird_babe · Joined: 20 Apr 2005 Posts: 473 Location: wales

Feeling very angry Evil or Very Mad

today I think it was a fox attack.
feathers all over the run and up the fence which is quite high
just over the other side of the stream there was a big pile of feathers in a circle lying on the ground no sign of my drake luckily my duck must have escaped in to the pen next door
she was safe with the black runners. our Friend said may be a mink but I don`t see how that would have dragged a fully grown duck up a fence did a search on stream bank and found foot prints I think they were two heavy in the mud to have been a cat so my prim suspect is a fox I have had trouble last year
with some of my chickens going missing what ticks me off is i
have three fox traps set around and they just ignore them

NannyP · Posted: Sun Feb 05, 2006 1:15 am Post subject:

Sorry BB

bird_babe · Joined: 20 Apr 2005 Posts: 473 Location: wales

He was the second duck I hatched and really special they both used to swim in my bath when the were ducklings. I'm furious Ive looked after them for 4years every day rain, sun ,snow and frost and now hes gone

CP · Posted: Sun Feb 05, 2006 2:27 am Post subject:

That's such a shame bird babe. Crying or Very sad

mojo · Posted: Sun Feb 05, 2006 9:23 am Post subject:

terrible luck....... hugs from here

Aussie Chick · Posted: Sun Feb 05, 2006 9:50 am Post subject:

Sorry to hear about it BB...

Knobby · Posted: Sun Feb 05, 2006 10:58 am Post subject:

Oh BB....thats sad news !!! Sad

Dont feel too bad...!

You have Runner Ducks ??? I Love Runner Ducks !!! Very Happy

milkmaid · Joined: 19 Apr 2005 Posts: 7370 Location: isle of lewis

really sad news bb
suz

Issy · Joined: 22 Nov 2005 Posts: 371 Location: somerset

Sorry to hear your bad luck, it is always horrid when things like that happen.

Brahmagirl · Joined: 13 Apr 2005 Posts: 22 Location: Devon, UK

So sorry to hear about your poor duck. Its a dreadful moment finding those piles of feathers isn't it - after you've cared for them so much.

bird_babe · Joined: 20 Apr 2005 Posts: 473 Location: wales

I was hoping they were going to live to a ripe old age .
and have a long and happy life . oh sh##t the water works again, not feeling very good about it at the moment. they
were both very tame and would run over to me .always the first to put there heads in the food bucket, life can be a bit twisted at times. you get the joy of new life then you lose
some thing in return. b##er.!!

nugget · Joined: 29 Nov 2005 Posts: 14

im really sorry Sad

At least you gave it a happy life.

Lisa · Posted: Mon Feb 06, 2006 7:51 am Post subject:

Real sorry to hear your sad news BB Sad

Hugs

Lisa

summayah · Joined: 14 Apr 2005 Posts: 4289 Location: luton

So sorry Bird Babe. I know exactly how you must have felt with the piles of feathers. Lost my first 4 girls whilst I was away and someone else was looking after them. I came home to piles of feathers all over the garden. I had to gt out and clear them up straight away I couldn't bear to see them ~ thinking of my poor babies with each one I picked up.
Take care, you gave him a good life. Sometimes we just have to have a downer so we can appreciate the highs.

madslg · Joined: 16 Nov 2005 Posts: 298 Location: Farnham

So sorry from me too Crying or Very sad