Scooter my 8 month old Scovey Hen has always stayed close to the yard, duck pen and our other ducks, in fact she can't stand to be away from my 16 month old Pekin Hen at all. The last few days Scooter enjoyed flying above our property ( we have 35 acres) and landing by my feet then shaking her tail and singing...she was so proud of herself. Well yesterday afternoon she flew up over the house and came back down by my feet a few times then went to the duck pen to eat with the other ducks. An hour later I went outside and no Scooter, every other duck was there playing in their pool. We drove around the area calling for her, I've gone hoarse from walking along our woods and calling her, no sign of her at all. There are no unusual tracks anywhere, no feathers or other evidence of something grabbing her. I had hopes that when I went out to feed this morning she would be there waiting for me to let her into the pen but she wasn't there. I'm sick over this and can't help hoping she'll just come home once she's done exploring, but I'm also scared I'll never see her again :-( My husband thinks I'm nuts for being so upset about her being gone but I know you folks understand my heartache. When (if) she comes home I might just clip her wing to prevent this happening again, I know she loves to fly but I can't keep her safe if she's taking off like this so she's gonna be grounded.
I'm going to go out and walk up our road to see if she's visiting a neighboring pond, we went to the other ponds last night and no sign but I cant' help hoping she's just taking her time coming home.
Thanks for "listening"
Michelle
I'm going to go out and walk up our road to see if she's visiting a neighboring pond, we went to the other ponds last night and no sign but I cant' help hoping she's just taking her time coming home.
Thanks for "listening"
Michelle