Emmaschooks
In the Brooder
- Apr 24, 2020
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Wondering if anyone had any ideas...I’m devastated, I came in this morning and all 5 of my mandarins were gone, my Call duck and one of my Bali’s. 7 in total. The remaining ducks and geese looking exhausted and terrified.
Apart from a small patch of blood in the corner of their shed there is no evidence, no bodies, body parts, hardly any feathers, nothing, they have just vanished. Something dug in from under the fence in a tiny 6inch x 6 inch hole. I’m thinking young fox, it took all the small birds as well to fit back through the hole it made. But then I’m thinking what if its even someones escaped ferret or a cat?
We are digging in paving slabs along the fence line and I am going to shut them in their shed tonight. My worry is I have chickens in pens next door and I’m so scared whatever it is, if it can’t get duck will go for the chickens instead. The only way to get to the chickens is through the duck pen.
We are putting up a camera trap to try and at least find out what it is, but does anyone have thoughts? I’m in the UK also so no raccoons here (I think).
Big up to my 2 big drakes (one of them limping today) and my geese, I think they were fighting to protect the girls last night.
Just praying it doesn’t happen again, I’ve been here nearly 2 years without an issue and then suddenly 7 in one night. I’m heartbroken.
Apart from a small patch of blood in the corner of their shed there is no evidence, no bodies, body parts, hardly any feathers, nothing, they have just vanished. Something dug in from under the fence in a tiny 6inch x 6 inch hole. I’m thinking young fox, it took all the small birds as well to fit back through the hole it made. But then I’m thinking what if its even someones escaped ferret or a cat?
We are digging in paving slabs along the fence line and I am going to shut them in their shed tonight. My worry is I have chickens in pens next door and I’m so scared whatever it is, if it can’t get duck will go for the chickens instead. The only way to get to the chickens is through the duck pen.
We are putting up a camera trap to try and at least find out what it is, but does anyone have thoughts? I’m in the UK also so no raccoons here (I think).
Big up to my 2 big drakes (one of them limping today) and my geese, I think they were fighting to protect the girls last night.
Just praying it doesn’t happen again, I’ve been here nearly 2 years without an issue and then suddenly 7 in one night. I’m heartbroken.