2019 Spring Ducklings are here!

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Update on the Racoon-situation: There was a terrible accident today, in the morning a racoon had successfully entered the free-diving-school's application box:

And then there was that terrible diving accident, it all happened so fast i can't even wrap my mind around it and i lost my first student:
Look at his fangs:
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This was a male 'coon, so no abandoned young will die. He was aggressive in the trap, tried to scratch and bite me through the cage. Now my duckies can sleep quiet and safe!
 
@WannaBeHillBilly great job with the coon. Did something get any ducks? I hope not! I’m sorry, BYC has been nutty for me, so i skipped a few pages.

Didn’t get to meet up with Daisy’s mom yesterday. I discovered one of my pigeon squabs almost dead yesterday morning (thought it was dead, but it came back to life) so I was nursing them all day and didn’t go anywhere.
 
I think he has to eat it to be "official"!
Nay thank's! - I have eaten an awful lot of different meats, some of which is even illegal for human consumption here (horse!) but Racoon is definitely not on my list. Maybe it's because that was a male, but it stank like rotten urine; could never eat that!
 
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@WannaBeHillBilly great job with the coon. Did something get any ducks? I hope not! I’m sorry, BYC has been nutty for me, so i skipped a few pages.
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Didn’t get to meet up with Daisy’s mom yesterday. I discovered one of my pigeon squabs almost dead yesterday morning (thought it was dead, but it came back to life) so I was nursing them all day and didn’t go anywhere.
Yes, i lost one of the Buff Orpingtons to that raccoon! It came back every night terrifying the Duckies. I made a stupid predator joke on page 101 and got kicked in the b_tt by the universe two days later on page 102. But the duck-murderer is gone now and this night my ducks slept peacefully - and woke me up at sunrise because they wanted out…
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Yes, i lost one of the Buff Orpingtons to that raccoon! It came back every night terrifying the Duckies. I made a stupid predator joke on page 101 and got kicked in the b_tt by the universe two days later on page 102. But the duck-murderer is gone now and this night my ducks slept peacefully - and woke me up at sunrise because they wanted out…
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OMG I'm so sorry. Coons travel in packs, seems like every time I catch one, I continue to catch a few for a few nights.

Mini marshmallow trails leading into the trap have worked wonders for me :)

<Knock on wood> its been right at one year since a raccoon wiped out the majority of one of my hens brood, including the momma duck. It actually got into the pool with them and killed around 6 one night, left them laying dead, then got the momma and 2 more a couple nights later. I can't remember how many I caught, but they all had lead as their last meal. :p
 

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