I feel terrible. I had a few of my mallards nesting. One got taken so we incubated the eggs. The other was in a semi safe spot near house and hatched 2 of 3 that we left there for her. Right before the 3rd hatched, a snake came and ate it. I have a lot of ducks and chickens running around the...
Yes, its prime mating time. I assumed she had kittens. I understand predators will always come and birds will be lost but this one is consistent and wont stop till they are all gone :(
Hi there! I have been losing at lot of birds and finally picked this up on trail cam. My ducks stopped going into coop last year and lived in the pond but now they don't go into the pond for some reason (snapping turtle maybe). Since they have been out of the water, every few nights we have lost...
I know this thread is old, but what did you end up doing? I have a bob cat taking a duck every other night. Its not possible for me to keep them fenced and now the bobcat took a chicken during the day. She killed a nesting duck and ate the fertile eggs. It keeps getting worse each night.
