Situation is that my neighbor of 7 years has up and decided that free ranging his peafowl was a great idea, I am here to tell you, it surely is NOT. (likely let them out because he built the aviary too damn small). Anyhow, about a month ago, I finally got the nerve up to inform them about the...
I've seen this a couple of times with my ladies. First time was two sisters, shared a single nest and the care of their babies. This time, also another pair of sisters, had separate nests but I decided to get all together in one hut (easier that way) one had 4 and the other had 15! I went in to...
It was such a shock to come out this morning to do my rounds and discover that one entire clutch was gone! Was unguarded, not being sat on yet. I have all my ducks as far as I know (one is likely sitting next door). We have all kinds of predators....have found occasionally the odd egg yolk here...