I killed our ducks....

[RichnSteph]

This is the very first thread I am writing in cause I feel awful. I have been taking care of 8 ducks for the past two months. My husband has been out of town for over two weeks and I am 5 months pregnant and have a 17 month old. These are not excuses but it somewhat makes me feel better. So maybe I am making excuses. I have felt so good taking care of them as these are my first farm animals and last night I did not shut the gate properly. I thought I did but I obviously didn't. I also didn't put them in the coop because I wanted it to air out and thought they would be safe since they were fenced in. I went to feed them this morning and the gate was open, and there were definite signs of a predator attack on most of them. I cannot find any survivors. I feel so down today but don't know what to do.

I think it is great that you were able to freeze them and have the ability to eat them but I understand the sadness.

I'm sooooo sorry to hear that! With all that you've got going on already in your life don't beat yourself up too badly about losing a few ducks. I know that rings as hollow consolation but it is intended to be sincere. Give it a little while as any that did survive will come back. The only way I could deal with what happened to us was to use it as a learning experience even if it was a rather painful one.

Do you have any idea what type of predator it was?

*hugs*
RichnSteph