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[dan26552]

Had she been in molt? if not then if you clipped enough of her wing she may not have flown away and something may have taken her. did this happen during the day time? we have hawks around here that could probably carry off one of my lighter Muscovy's , also I've lost chickens during daylight hours that were free ranging so preds are around at all hours of the day sorry for your loss. My only chocolate died from laying problems 

I honestly don't know if it happened at day I wasn't home.. I think it was probably at day since she my only drake and another hen disappeared at the same time

 

[Miss Lydia]

Speaking of chocolate, does anyone know where I can get chocolate muscovy hatching eggs? Just plain chocolate or chocolate ripple. I'd say barred would also be fine but I have no clue how that would act with my ripple drake.

Look on the buy sell trade I think I saw someone there with some

 

[Miss Lydia]

I honestly don't know if it happened at day I wasn't home.. I think it was probably at day since she my only drake and another hen disappeared at the same time

Wow that would have to been something like coyotes or human for 3 to disappear .

 

[MsPoultry]

I think it was a fox my roo got taken by a fox only left some feathers and they can definitely take three

 

[dan26552]

Wow that would have to been something like coyotes or human for 3 to disappear .

I know

 

[dan26552]

I think it was a fox my roo got taken by a fox only left some feathers and they can definitely take three

I've never seen or heard of a fox around here but there's coyotes not to far from here

 

[MsPoultry]

I've never seen or heard of a fox around here but there's coyotes not to far from here

Oh well then a coyote

 

[Miss Lydia]

I've never seen or heard of a fox around here but there's coyotes not to far from here

I think it would have to be more than 1 fox and same with coyotes it would be hard for them to pick up 3 adult ducks in their mouths and run off. depending on when it happened they may have been food for their babies. sad say but it happens We very seldom see foxes or coyotes ,mink, weasel bob cat etc but we know they are around.

 

[Going Quackers]

Anyone know how drakes are with a mama scovy hen with ducklings?
My friends hens would leave the flock and stay away from the drakes until babies were older.
I will just have a pair so I'm wondering if he'll try to kill them. Since there's only 2, I can't see him wanting to stay away.
I can pen her if she needs it when the time comes

Depends on the drake/s if you don't know how yours are best to separate, the old better to be safe than sorry... as for my own flock? i have mamas out with babies at barely a couple days old, they are ferocious beasts those mama ducks, that said i know my birds have done this for years...

 

[mymilliefleur]

Duck update: I went over a little bit ago to clip wings on my ducks. still no sign of spot (the one that disappeared). I caught and clipped Bluebell (yearling) and Mama duck (original). of course they were really traumatized. I didn't clip my drake or my black hen, since she hasn't grown her wing feathers in all the way yet. I went to try to catch the last one, Dark ducky, who is the craziest of them all, and she tore past me, and flew over the fence and out over the Field. I looked for her, but didn't fine her any were. (she is probably hunkered down some were)
I hope she is OK, because it would not be good to lose two ducks all in the same day.

and that would mean I only have four ducks left.