No, we've never had any food problems. They've always gotten quality soy free, organic layer feed. They're just over a year old. They've been on the pond every day since last fall. Nothing has changed.
So, I just lost another duck. I went out to the pond to put them in their coop and saw one floating in the water. I went and fished her out and turtles had eaten about a 1/4 of her, so she had been dead a few hours I'm guessing. There were no wounds on her legs, so I don't think a turtle pulled...
She was laying limp in the water at the edge of the pond when I found her. She laid an egg every day, but now that I think about it I do think I may have been one short for a couple of days prior.
One of my almost 1 year old khaki campbell ducks just died. She was fine this morning and this afternoon. We have a spring fed pond that they swim on all day, and when I came outside tonight to put them in the coop I saw her laying in the water at the edge. I went and picked her up and she was...