triengelhardt
Hatching
- Feb 21, 2024
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About a year ago last spring we got 3 ducks and 2 geese. 1 goose got sick and passed away about a month in. The others were raised together. We built them a small house and a large cage, and they have a pretty big pond. We let them free roam most of the time. We then decided to get 2 more ducks and we started introducing them as soon as we could. But we kept them inside until they were old enough to live outside since it was starting to get cold at nights. They never really seemed to completely get along, they would stand and swim together but you could kinda tell they weren’t part of the group. Over the winter both of the new ducks disappeared, we don’t really know what happened. But our best guess is that the goose didn’t protect them like the others and let a predator get them. So we were back to 3 ducks and a goose. Well today the goose got hit by a car and passed away. So I guess I’m wondering what we should do. I don’t think the ducks will survive on their own without a goose to protect them since we have so many predators around but I don’t know how to make another goose think he’s a duck and protect the ducks let alone have the ducks accept it.