Something is stealing my eggs!

[duckluck]

I know this is going to sound *stooooopid*, but have you ruled out anyone stealing them? As in, a person? I used to board my horses up in Wayne a long time ago and I would have thought our back barn was not only hard to find but nigh impossible to carry anything away from, and yet we had two bales of hay COMPLETELY disappear one night...the horses didn't get them because there would have been a mess and baling twines left. They were just poof, gone, but it never happened again.

We've had some strange stuff completely disappear from here too, so I'm wondering if your marauder might be a person. Either someone looking to hatch eggs or needing to eat? *needs Sherlock Holmes smiley*

 

[LilDucky85]

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That doesnt sound stupid at all! Thats actually the first thing I thought of. My one neighbors yard ends pretty close to where the duck house is. There are a row of pine trees that divide our yard but its still right there. He wouldnt take any though lol. Ive actually been hoping to catch some of my neighbors outside to ask them if they wants some eggs. I had been waiting for shipping boxes and now I have nearly 2 dozen eggs that its too late to ship out now. I dont think anyone would even realize that the top of the coop opens to get the eggs out unless they saw me do it. My sister watched my ducks for 2 weeks while we were on vacation and it wasnt until we told her 3 days before we got home that the top opened. She had been having her son crawl through the doorways to get the spots she couldnt get to. She also didnt know the bottom tray of the house pulls out completely for easy cleaning lol. We never owned anything like this growing up so she had no clue when it came to my ducks. But anyway, I cant get any of my family members to try the eggs. They all think its weird since they know where it came from lol.

 

[Duck_feeder]

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My family is scared of the duck eggs too but they like the muffins I make. I'm going to give them some muffins made with duck eggs this week and conveniently forget to tell them about the duck eggs. I figure after a few batches I'll let them know.

 

[priss]

Lol....sooo what's it worth...us not tellin your family...what's it worth? I think it might be worth a coupla pictures of your ducks on the forum...