We took in 2 peas from a hotel. They'd been hand raised, very friendly, very calm birds. Would eat out of hands.
We'd had them locked in for a week when the latch on the aviary was left open by a kid and they escaped without a trace. Our nearest neighbours are about 2 miles away, it's just...
We took in three 13 week old runner ducks this week and I am a bit concerned. They haven't eaten since they arrived, have spent the last 3 days hiding in a corner of the shed or behind the blackcurrant bushes in the garden and are absolutely sodden - not like ducks normally would be in the rain...