Hello everyone I’m new here.
To start off there is a back story on why I’m only looking for a single cayuga duck.
Over this past weekend I came home from my 12 hour night shift at work to let the boys out for the morning and realized that my boyfriend had fallen asleep before he got the chance to bring them in from the enclosure to the coop. Already upset because he put my boys at risk of any predators during the night time, I walk over to the coop to give them more food and some fresh water and I noticed only two of the boys came inside (a welsh harlequin and a white layer). I asked them where their brother was, (a cayuga) and obviously they couldn’t tell me. I started to panic and looked behind me to see if he got out while I opened the door, he was nowhere in sight. I then looked at the boys to see if they had any blood on them to see if anything got to my cayuga and decided to leave the other two alone but they had not a drop of blood on them. I then took a walk around their enclosure only to find my sweet cayuga stuck with all of the life drained from his body. (they are all fully grown) It was obvious that he has been dead for at least a couple hours and I’ve come to the conclusion it was hypothermia. I live in western new york and so far this winter anytime the temperature dropped below 25 degrees I brought them into the garage where it never got below 40. He was cold to the touch, and stiff as a rock. It absolutely broke my heart. The last time I saw my poor little guy was the morning before I discovered him because I had a bunch of running around to do that day and my boyfriend had always been reliable beforehand. I still don’t know when the last time he checked on the boys was because I’m so scared that I am just going to be devastated that I didn’t come home before work to let them in before I went to work so I have no idea how long he had been stuck for. The body heat must have gotten sucked out of his body from the freezing cold ground since he was stuck and wasn’t able to get up onto his feet. I am so devastated and I miss him dearly however I am so used to having 3 ducks that it just doesn’t feel right that I only have two of my boys left. I would really love to get another cayuga duck in memory of him. He was such a good boy and I feel so horrible that he was probably waiting for me to come save him and I never came. If anyone could help me out it would mean the world to me.
this is an old pic but these are my babies
To start off there is a back story on why I’m only looking for a single cayuga duck.
Over this past weekend I came home from my 12 hour night shift at work to let the boys out for the morning and realized that my boyfriend had fallen asleep before he got the chance to bring them in from the enclosure to the coop. Already upset because he put my boys at risk of any predators during the night time, I walk over to the coop to give them more food and some fresh water and I noticed only two of the boys came inside (a welsh harlequin and a white layer). I asked them where their brother was, (a cayuga) and obviously they couldn’t tell me. I started to panic and looked behind me to see if he got out while I opened the door, he was nowhere in sight. I then looked at the boys to see if they had any blood on them to see if anything got to my cayuga and decided to leave the other two alone but they had not a drop of blood on them. I then took a walk around their enclosure only to find my sweet cayuga stuck with all of the life drained from his body. (they are all fully grown) It was obvious that he has been dead for at least a couple hours and I’ve come to the conclusion it was hypothermia. I live in western new york and so far this winter anytime the temperature dropped below 25 degrees I brought them into the garage where it never got below 40. He was cold to the touch, and stiff as a rock. It absolutely broke my heart. The last time I saw my poor little guy was the morning before I discovered him because I had a bunch of running around to do that day and my boyfriend had always been reliable beforehand. I still don’t know when the last time he checked on the boys was because I’m so scared that I am just going to be devastated that I didn’t come home before work to let them in before I went to work so I have no idea how long he had been stuck for. The body heat must have gotten sucked out of his body from the freezing cold ground since he was stuck and wasn’t able to get up onto his feet. I am so devastated and I miss him dearly however I am so used to having 3 ducks that it just doesn’t feel right that I only have two of my boys left. I would really love to get another cayuga duck in memory of him. He was such a good boy and I feel so horrible that he was probably waiting for me to come save him and I never came. If anyone could help me out it would mean the world to me.
this is an old pic but these are my babies
sorry for your loss. Generally a minimum of 3 birds makes a good flock. Given the nature of drakes, I would think twice about trying to introduce a new drake to an established 2 bird flock. I'd be concerned that they would fight/attempt to breed a new bird.
