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    Three pekins in three different homes died within three days of eachother

    One was having "seizures" the day before, which might be confused with just being unable to walk, but the other two weren't.
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    Three pekins in three different homes died within three days of eachother

    I have chickens, but my duck isn't sick, and two of the ducks that died hadn't been in contact with each other at any point since they were a day old because they missed Ducky Daycare (that's what we call when the ducks come to school once a week.) I believe it's too much of a coincidence that...
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    Three pekins in three different homes died within three days of eachother

    I understand when they're very young they can just die, but this was a completely odd set of circumstances. Same breed in different homes died within three days of each other, and they were all about three weeks of age, beyond that "iffy" stage of life. Even if they were "stressed" they would...
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    Three pekins in three different homes died within three days of eachother

    Thank you for your concern, however it's not exactly my place to tell my teacher how the ducks should be kept, and it's still technically a matter of opinion since it's not truly possible to ask an animal if it is "happy," and it's another debate if even such a term is applicable to non-humans.
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    Three pekins in three different homes died within three days of eachother

    As I've already said I am not here to debate about whether or not raising a duck alone is "cruel." There are way worse fates for a duckling at a feed store. Everyone who took one home was educated MONTHS in advance on the care needed to keep them healthy. This reaction is the exact reason I...
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    Three pekins in three different homes died within three days of eachother

    I understand that is a common debate but again this is a school project. Like you said that is probably not why they died, I doubt it's the reason any duck has ever died. The point of the experiment was to imprint on a human not another duck. I don't have control over what my teacher has decided...
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    Three pekins in three different homes died within three days of eachother

    I am participating in a school project where we must raise a duckling to imprint on us. My teacher has been doing it for several years and has only had one duck die in all that time, from a dog attack. This year we have had three die, all of them were pekins, the rest of the ducks were different...
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    The predator I never expected

    Your comparison to "coming to a room full of strangers and venting" is actually very accurate, and I'd definitely do that knowing that those strangers shared a common interest with me, and had a chance of understanding. Also, that turkey was at just as much risk as any chicken or domesticated...
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    The predator I never expected

    Ok look. I don't see where this argument is going. My turkey is dead, she's been dead for two years. I posted this to vent and maybe get a little understanding from people who have birds and warn against this kind of situation. And now, reading all these cold and dead comments about legality and...
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    The predator I never expected

    I've read over everything, I'm not going to tag anyone but I just want to say that I understand that these particular eggs were taken from the wild, but also the mother was killed accidentally by my step dad. An argument of "circle of life" would be invalid because the mother died because of a...
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    The predator I never expected

    If I had the picture we would have totally done something, we only heard about it. It was also two years ago (I know, a long time to hold the grudge but it's still hurts) I'm thinking about just yelling at him about it on one of the last days of school, then I'll never have to see him again. I...
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    The predator I never expected

    I hope you will be willing to read this with an open mind and heart. It all started with a clutch of wild turkey eggs and a tragically missplaced tractor tire: My stepdad was tilling an empty field at a ranch when, seemingly out of the ground, a turkey hen flies up and ends up under the wheel...
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