First let me say that I'm rural. Not in the city. I have well over 50 ducks of every kind here. Pekins, Cayugas, Mallards, Rouens, Calls, Runners, you name it, I probably have it!
Two weeks ago, I noticed that we were missing a Pekin drake. Now my drakes are NOT small, they're not even normal sized. Many have come here asking if they're Jumbo's. They're not but they're well fed and you can see it by looking at them. This drake didn't just fly away. It didn't walk away. We were puzzled as to what happened to it.
Today, a fellow BYC'r and her family came to pick up some Sebastopol geese and my last two extra Pekin drakes.
We load the geese into the car, we head over to the ducks and I only see 3 Pekin drakes. Two of them are my breeders. All the rest in the pen are my female breeders except the one extra drake.
There's another drake missing!! We searched high and low (The Pekins have a 3 pen system). Nope, there were only those 3 drakes.
This is absolutely ridiculous! There were 4 drakes there yesterday afternoon when I was in the pen. Hubby said all 4 drakes were there when he put them into their house last night. So between 11pm last night and sometime today, someone swiped another Pekin drake.
These drakes weigh between 13 & 15 lbs each. I'm at such a loss! And angry that someone would just think it was okay to come onto my property and take our ducks. I have to find my nest cam and get it installed so I can see who's doing this!
Laurie
Two weeks ago, I noticed that we were missing a Pekin drake. Now my drakes are NOT small, they're not even normal sized. Many have come here asking if they're Jumbo's. They're not but they're well fed and you can see it by looking at them. This drake didn't just fly away. It didn't walk away. We were puzzled as to what happened to it.
Today, a fellow BYC'r and her family came to pick up some Sebastopol geese and my last two extra Pekin drakes.
We load the geese into the car, we head over to the ducks and I only see 3 Pekin drakes. Two of them are my breeders. All the rest in the pen are my female breeders except the one extra drake.
There's another drake missing!! We searched high and low (The Pekins have a 3 pen system). Nope, there were only those 3 drakes.
This is absolutely ridiculous! There were 4 drakes there yesterday afternoon when I was in the pen. Hubby said all 4 drakes were there when he put them into their house last night. So between 11pm last night and sometime today, someone swiped another Pekin drake.
These drakes weigh between 13 & 15 lbs each. I'm at such a loss! And angry that someone would just think it was okay to come onto my property and take our ducks. I have to find my nest cam and get it installed so I can see who's doing this!
Laurie