So I've got ducklings coming and have been cleaning out and upgrading the brooder. My old cheapo thermometer died so I replaced it with a couple remote sensor units and a thermostat also with a remote sensor probe. My intention was to place the thermostat sensor (which would control a Ceramic...
When I had ducks disappearing with no feathers or sign of struggle, it turned out to be a bobcat. Snatched them up and just took off with them. Could jump or climb high fences, even with a mouthfull of duck. Would also suspect perhaps maybe an eagle would be large enough to fly off with it...
lol, I've got 4 American Geese and 10 ducklings between 3-5 weeks old or so. 7 Runners, 3 Pekins. The 3 Pekins were hatched by my duck and confiscated due to her terrible mothering skills. Those 3 Pekin ducklings had spent considerable time in the water scurrying after their mother. After...
So my yearling Pekin laid 26 eggs about 30 days ago... I had another female that was killed by an eagle about a week prior to me finding the nesting the barn so perhaps she may have contributed to that number, not sure. Anyway I noticed the female missing a couple days after my other female...