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    New ducks too scared of us is this normal?

    Hi all We've had chickens for a while and this weekend we got 3 indian runner ducks to join the family. I think they are about 15 weeks old. What I'm surprised about is how absolutely terrified they are of us, especially compared to how chickens are when we first bring them home. The ducks...
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    Grieving after losing my 8 to a fox

    Thank you 🙏I'm sorry to hear you lost your chickens too. It really is hard and the guilt part especially cuts deep, knowing how vulnerable they are. I still have a couple of my old chickens' eggs, it's been almost a month and I can't bring myself to do anything with them. I've also just...
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    Grieving after losing my 8 to a fox

    Totally. I had no idea they were such huge part of our daily lives and that they would leave a gaping hole now that they're gone. The what-if thoughts are endless and the feeling of letting them down so badly is really depressing us all, I so wish we might have been woken by the noise in the...
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    Grieving after losing my 8 to a fox

    Thank you so much. This is what Im hoping to replace my sadness with, the thought that they had a great life with us even if too short. It sort of feels too soon to start again, and start calling them our "old chickens" 😪 but the new chicks are with us now. They are making us move on forward. 💕
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    Grieving after losing my 8 to a fox

    Thank you so much for sharing this story. To know we're not alone is really comforting🙏
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    Grieving after losing my 8 to a fox

    Thank you everyone for your kind words and the welcome. I couldn't stand the sight of the empty coop so I rushed out and got 3 new chicks to start building the flock again. They are distracting me a little but they have big boots to fill...it will take time to heal. I'm glad I've found some...
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    Grieving after losing my 8 to a fox

    Hello I'm new here. We lost our 8 to a fox a few nights ago. I'm struggling with the grief and wanted to share with those who would understand. We had been away for 2 weeks and my mum was visiting everyday to feed/water them. But one day she left the back door of the eglu cube unlocked without...
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