2 Muscovy ducks gone during day...

[critters]

What could have gotten them?
One a huge drake...One a hen...Both full grown...a third hen that was with them ok.
A coyote maybe ?
I've lost 8 chickens in about a 2 week period before this happened.
Live in outskirts of the blue ridge mountains of Virginia.

An adult drake is pretty big and heavy...nothing left behind...no clues to go on ..?

 

[Smartconnect]

Sounds similar to what happened to two of mine (not at the same time, though). Eventually found out indirectly that it was a neighbor's retriever - and that the neighbor was proud of it...

 

[Going Quackers]

Oh dear,

well one possibility due to the time of year is she has gone to set a nest, he will hang about usually for awhile. The next? a dog is a REAL possibility it's how i lost two drakes(1 QUITE large) 2yrs ago, the one farm over has a huge Irish wolfhound(pure or mixed)

The next wolves, coyote, big cats(mountain lions etc) bears and so forth, foxes can usually grab the smaller ones.

I am sorry, i am missing a duck myself right now.. no signs of anything, she wouldn't come in and had set a nest... i am hopeful perhaps she has just set elsewhere and return, she was full flight, were yours?

 

[horsesandboots]

My guess is a hawk!

 

[Going Quackers]

Hawks, owls are also a possibility, what preds do you have in your area OP?

 

[SouthernPride]

I'm missing my beloved muscovy hen Smooshy. I really hope she is sitting on another nest somewhere or flew off to find a muscovy drake. She mates with my other drakes but she has to do a lot of parading around. to get there attention. She was my fave.

 

[Smartconnect]

This happened in the day, so that rules out an owl, but in either case neither a hawk nor an owl can carry a full grown Muscovy drake.

 

[horsesandboots]

My next guess is a dog. A neighbor. A raccoon.

 

[Onlyducks]

Sounds similar to what happened to two of mine (not at the same time, though). Eventually found out indirectly that it was a neighbor's retriever - and that the neighbor was proud of it...

I wouldn't call that person a neighbor. It's someone who lives next door or near you. They're not neighbors.

 

[critters]

Mine were able to fly...
What about a minx?