Slushie and Chubby are gone. gone forever

[carey34]

I am so sorry for your loss!! I hope chubbie is ok. I wonder if it might be a fisher cat (part of the weasel family) we have them up here in NH and they are viscious. Just be very careful if it is they will attack anything, even humans and I would hate to see you get injured. Good luck getting this predator. hugs

 

[MagsC]

I am so sorry to hear that.

 

[Cottage Rose]

I'm so very sorry for your loss.

Sounds like you have a predator problem but its good to mention that over-mating can result in death as well.
I had an over zealous gander kill a goose.
The goose was in a large box stall with 2 ganders and another goose and it wasn't quite yet the breeding season but it apparently this gander decided he was going to show dominance over the other gander.
Her head was heavily pecked and bloody and she had marks all over her back mostly likely from him standing on her.
I moved him in one of my duck pens and later witnessed him standing on a Muscovy duck holding her under water and pecking her. He moved him to the freezer after that.

 

[Wifezilla]

You poor thing. This really sucks. I hope you find the critter that is doing this. Might be time for one of those game cameras others have talked about.

 

[Pumpkinpup]

The game trail camera is a real good idea. If this is happening at night it can capture images even in the darkness if it is set correctly. I'd give it a try and that way at least you would know what you are dealing with.

 

[Shanay235]

It was NOT your drakes who killed her. I have had ducks for many, many, years now with the male to female ratio being too high and have never had once instance of death by over-mating.

Whether or not you want to believe it, something else is getting into your coop. Rats, some type of weasel, mink, even very small owls, can squeeze through a hole the size of chicken wire.

 

[TheDuckCrew]

something else got her, i'm sure of that. at the time being, i just instantly jumped to conclusions. it was clearly not the drake.
speaking of the drake, we have still not found chubby. my friends are coming over after school to have a search party for him. even if we find his body, it will at least give me piece of mind, and that i did not leave him out their alive. i'm still hoping we find him and he's okay. we are keeping the twins inside the garage for now until we catch whatever it is. two different things might have gotten slushie and chubby, but i am going to catch and kill them both. i'm not losing the twins too. i tryed to go to school today, and i would just break into tears the second anyone tried to talk to me. i just want my chubby back, and if i could, i would rewind time to keep slushie and chubby here. i can't stand being without them.

 

[Shkittles]

I'm soooo sorry about Slushie and i hope you find Chubby.

 

[shay20]

i am so sorry, You gave me tears. My heart go to you.

I cant begine to imagine goining out to see that with any of chickens.

 

[TheDuckCrew]

chubby's gone. we never found his body. we searched and searched and searched, and there was never any sign.
we got news back on their deaths though. the vet called us to say that she, like you guys, believe a weasel attacked her. she also informed us that while cleaning her up, she found a bullet. someone had shot her with their bb gun. she said it hadn't done any damage, and most likely they shot from far away, and it got mostly stuck in her down. as for chubby, we explained what we found, and she said guessing on their size and lack of evidence, it was most likely a large fox, a coyote or a dog. we're setting up traps for everything, and i have a friend that will come and shoot what we trap. (we don't have a gun.)
i'm so upset and i just wish i could have my babies back. i want them back so badly. i keep dreaming that they were still alive, and i wake up thinking they're still here, only to realize they are gone. i can hardly bare it.