Don't think they drowned they were 5 or 6 days old already and had been swimming with mom and dad all that time. I think it was either a raccoon or fox since I had seen the daddy goose while mom was sitting on her eggs chase one across our backyard along the pond.
Yes I am talking about Canadian Geese and I hate to think that happened to my babies. I have a feeling it happened during the night while mom had them under her it is very upsetting though because I just love animals and hate to see anything hurt or suffer.
Yes it does make you sick I hate to think of anything suffering. Baby anythings are so cute and it seems that mother nature can be so cruel. I hope they don't come and lay eggs next year because it will just happen again there are too many wild things around here.
Yes I know we have turtles and there are also bluegill and bass in the pond but I really don't know how big or how many. Wouldn't that have happened the first couple of days though? I thought that geese really protected their young with mm in front and dad in back. I feel horrible to think that...
Hello I am hoping somebody can tell me what happened. I had a mama goose hatch 4 cute little babies on our pond. Daddy watched night and day while she sat on her eggs. Nobody ever bothered her and in fact I used to throw out cracked corn for them to eat. Well they were here for about 5 days and...