hey, thanks for the welcome.. im assuming it was raccoons ..there were 2 missing and 2 left with broken legs who died shortly after on the same day.. whatever it was it had actually opened the pen latch somehow so i dont thin kit was a cat and am leaning towards coon.. I went out and redid the duck coop and put wire down low into the ground all around it and also changed the latch so that it can only be undone by me with pliers reaching inside the coop through a very small hole.. my son cried his eyes out at the 4 dead ducklings so im guarding the last 2 with my life. i put them back in the pond today but i watch them and im about to go out and bring them back inside for the night because i am still paranoid as ever that the last 2 will die and i will have to watch my son be so upset again.. maybe they will be house ducks

ive had my share of diapered chickens in the house so

nice to meet all the fellow northerners