Missing 5 ducks over night

[sourland]

Welcome to BYC - sorry for the circumstances. The game cam is a good idea. It may be a person or it may be a coyote, fox, bobcat. All are feeding young now and hunting constantly.

 

[Miss Lydia]

Very good reason to not only lock your run but make sure it is secure top and bottom.

 

[Duckstail]

U have a picture of the damaged coop? That would help in identifying the culprit! Look at the ground for foot/ paw prints. Thats the really only way.

Otherwise we just speculating and is a waste of time!

 

[Mseager]

The worst part is while I’ve had chickens for years! This is my first year with ducks and I lost them all but 1! It’s awful! I’m now scrambling to find him friends! Praying he doesn’t get too sad being alone!

 

[Mseager]

Very good reason to not only lock your run but make sure it is secure top and bottom.

I usually bring them in but with the nice weather I figured one night out would be fine! They hate when I make them go in at night!

 

[Mseager]

U have a picture of the damaged coop? That would help in identifying the culprit! Look at the ground for foot/ paw prints. Thats the really only way.

Otherwise we just speculating and is a waste of time!

I’ll try and get a picture later tonight when I get home! I looked for signs of foxes thinking maybe with the spring babies coming but haven’t seen any signs! We do get coyotes in our back field but these guys aren’t far from my house!

 

[Mseager]

How devastating! I've had a hen stolen from me once, one of my prized silkie girls. I asked my neighbor and I think he panicked and said he "found her", even though she vanished overnight after I put her to bed in the coop! He lying for sure, but he gave her back with no trouble. The nerve of some people. I really think your neighbor took them, and the one drake you found was accidentally dropped. Is there any way you can sneak and look into his yard to see if there are any signs of your ducks?

I can see his back yard through our other neighbors tree line. But i can only see one side I tried driving around to look for them In case they just got out and wandered! We have a pond nearby so I checked there too but no luck

 

[Duckstail]

Really sorry to hear it I have some rouen Ducks myself so mallard are close to my heart!

If you don't have a whole bunch of feathers all over the place it could still (small chance) be possible they're still alive.. Where they able to fly?

As messed up as this might sound I really hope your neighbor has stolen cuz that be easier to get it back!

 

[chickens really]

Your fencing would definitely be disturbed if a Coyote or a Fox....

 

[Kaybear1950]

uh, I worry about this sometimes. My ducks have been attacking everyone and everything since ducklings hatched so I think I am good for now. I also have cameras up if someone attempted that. I hope you find out what happened! If you suspect the neighbor I would also maybe just go ahead and ask and say they are lost. People tend to panic when you do that and he may just give them back if it were him.