Cooper's Hawk vs Blind Khaki Campbell

Well this is just terrible, but hopefully somebody can learn from this. I came home today and noticed it was oddly quiet. All the ducks, chickens, and geese were in their respective houses. I pulled my car in the garage and heard a feather flapping struggle outside the door. I opened the back door to find a coopers hawk trying to pull Claude the completely blind Khaki drake through the chain link fence. I tried to kick the hawk but it let go and disappeared into the forest. Claude is bleeding from everywhere it seems. I drew a warm bath and let him soak for a little while but he is in rough shape. Poor guy, I never put into though that a hawk could get them through the side of the run. I knew raccoons would do this to a sleeping duck, but poor Claude is blind and must have walked right into it. I will be putting a taller and smaller mesh skirt up now.

Here is poor Claude seconds after it happened:


Here is what everybody else except the Muscovies did:


And the muscovies remained outside during the ordeal.... Note the blood in the picture's foreground:

Poor guy! Hope he heals up just fine. Lucky that you got there just in time.

Poor Claude! Hopefully he will survive his ordeal......how come he's blind??

He was blind from birth and miraculously survived his brooding days. He listens for the other ducks eating and drinking and runs to the location. He has adapted amazingly well and even knows where to keep warm and where to cool off.

What a plucky little fellow! Hang in there Claude!

Great news... Claude looks to be making a full recovery! His wounds are healed without infection and his spirits are high again. I am so happy, he is my favorite duck!