devistated: my mallard is gone :(

[mickeymousears]

Just before sundown Thursday there was a ruckus -chickens screaming ducks hiding- and then my very sweet precious mallard was gone (sob). My husband thinks he heard her fly over the fence-weve scoured the neighborhood hung lost posters and even went to the local lake with no luck! I'm still hoping shell reappear in the backyard but 3 days later my hope is waning. I understand that there was always a possibility she would fly away but we've had her and the other 2 ducks since they were a week old and she seemed happy AND this past week I noticed her and the Rouen enticing the male peking to do the nasty so I thought for sure she would stick around since she found a mate. All that aside the highest I had ever seen her fly was maybe 6 feet high and a few feet across the yard and NEVER over the fence. So I'm most worried that A she has no clue where she is and B she hasn't built up the strength to fly any significant distance. If she has found a new home that's fine- I just would like to know she is safe.
I'm also worried she flew into someones garage and they didn't realize so now she's stuck. I just can't shake the feeling that she didn't mean to fly away and is lost or hurt but idk what else I can do.
Any thoughts??

 

[kidcody]

i hope she makes her way back home, I have one duck and I worry he will fly away too

 

[mickeymousears]

Little mallard we miss you!!

My sweet quackers!!

 

[kkattt]

sorry to hear that. Good luck!

 

[agregg15]

Hopefully she'll come back. I worry about that too with mine. She knows where home is so she may come back.

 

[kuntrygirl]

Sorry to hear about your mallard. I hope she comes back home.

 

[xke4]

A technique that I have used to draw in wayward ducks is to put one in a cat carrier...preferably your loudest one....and put him or her in the yard. The missing one, if she is in earshot, will use the call as a beacon and follow the sound home. Best of luck!

 

[DurhamDuck]

Where are you located?? We had a small female mallard show up in our flock today. She's got a small piece missing out of her bill.

 

[mystkblu]

I do hope she returns - that is a horrible feeling when one is missing.

I hesitate to say it but it sounds like you had a predator visit your flock. Don't give up hope that she might come home, but you might want to take a look at your enclosure security just in case a raccoon, bobcat, fox or dog hasn't mistaken your flock for the local fast food joint. I really hope she turns up soon.

 

[LLCoyote]

Ok I'm new to ducks and mine can't fly so don't think I'm cruel... but why didn't you clip her wings?