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We are going to add onto the current kennel this spring so they will have more space. The hawk sat in the tree all day staring at our last lonely little duck. No more free ranging.

We have lost two ducks in less than a week due to a hawk. We are down to one lonely duck, who will no longer be roaming free. The kennel is well protected, but our yard not so much. I had promised my son he could get more ducks in the spring, but I don't want to keep ducks cooped up all day...

Thanks. That bird did not want to get out of the kennel! Our four-year-old has recovered and is now looking forward to getting his new ducks this spring. They have been great for teaching him responsibility and, unfortunately, about the circle of life.

We have Rouens and Pekins together. They were all raised as ducklings together, so that helps. They are the best of friends, never more than five feet apart. Even the males are very friendly with each other, but that may just be these particular ducks. I don't think they know they aren't the...

We just started with ducks last April after listening to our four year old beg for two years. When it got to the point that he was carrying around a stuffed duck, feeding it, tucking it in at night, we knew he was serious. We started with four ducks, 2 round and 2 pekin, that we purchased at...

Just an FYI, hawks will fly into a kennel. We had a hawk inside our duck kennel this weekend. It killed our remaining female inside the kennel. In fact, it took a great deal of effort on our part to get the hawk out.