The Quack Shack

[Jenbirdee]

Theywere5 months. I've done this dozens of times to introduce new ducks. This is th first time I've had runaways.

I am praying they come back

 

[Miss Lydia]

I do it this way to place mine in a large dog crate in the coop for overnights to get everyone used to the newbies but when I let them out to be in the flock they are in fencing. I would lose mine to predators even during the day time if not for fencing. i thought a few years ago you had bought one of those huge fenced in things completely fenced top too?

 

[Magnolia Ducks]

I did. But dh was in the garden and he supervised he just didn't know the babies were out.

 

[Magnolia Ducks]

Also, predators just jump the fence. So fencing is a false sense of security.

 

[Miss Lydia]

Also, predators just jump the fence. So fencing is a false sense of security.

True but is some of a deterrent more so than foraging without fencing. Just my opinion.

 

[WannaBeHillBilly]

It's a husky, so she fully believed he would do it. He also came back that morning coated in mud from chasing the geese around the big mud puddle trying to get them. She says she thinks what happened is that the link on his chain loosened up and that's how he got free.

They had put the huskies out on chains instead of in the yard they used to keep them in because she was letting her dachshunds use the yard - they're small enough to be prey in our area, so they can't be out not in a pen. They had even electrified the top of the pen to keep the huskies in because they know they are escape artists.

She said she's looking into rehoming the dog - she doesn't want it to happen again, and she even flat out said she can't afford for it to happen again. $600 isn't a small amount.

Huskies occupy the top spot on my dog-breeds that i'm genuinely afraid off list.
People should not keep dog-breeds with requirements that they cannot fulfill. Huskies need plenty of exercise, they want to run for miles on end. You cannot put a Husky on a leash unless the other end of that leash is tied to a sledge…
I need to stop ranting here…

 

[WannaBeHillBilly]

My two babie runners are gone. I he'd them two weeks in a dog crate with the flock. Today I let them out. They ran away. I've spent hours looking for them. Know they will get eaten tonight. I put so much effort into them and they were so beautiful.

Did you see them running away or have they been "ran away"…

 

[WannaBeHillBilly]

I did. But dh was in the garden and he supervised he just didn't know the babies were out.

That's what i meant: Did they really ran away or were they taken by, for example a BoP?
Last year that young red-shoulder hawk was plucking the ducklings left and right here, even when i was outside.

 

[WannaBeHillBilly]

Also, predators just jump the fence. So fencing is a false sense of security.

Depending on the predator and the fence. Some predators dig under and others just run down the fence.

 

[WannaBeHillBilly]

@Magnolia Ducks i so hope the little ones will be back tomorrow morning.