Very sad weekend for us.

[strega78]

To everyone on here...THank you. I am going to talk to my husband into investing into a game cam. We already have the motion lights.

My ducks never bugged anyone. When they are out of their pen I was right there with them....We have a red tail hawk that lives near by and a owl (have not seen the owl lately though). During warm months the hawk circles the house (this was before we got our ducks). I have pics of it flying. We also have crows that hang around till the lil birds around here have nests...then the lil birds chase off the crows (which is a really funny site to see). With the food I always put it in a rubbermaid tub to keep rats at bay and to keep dry. I looked in their housing and there is no mold. The female that is left is smaller then the rest were. THey were bullies to her and would push her out of the way to eat....When feeding I had 2 food dishes that I put food in. I would put it in the bullys one first then Luna's....We were working on making another pen for her and was planing on getting her a duck buddy to hang with.

My daughter did not act like a normal 3 year old today. She was sulking around the house not wanting to play outside. She did not even go out with me when I took care of Luna (last duck). She was up most the night last night crying. I know it will get better with time..she did this a few months ago. What got her to calm down was we looked on the calender and I pointed out what day today was and the day we can get baby chicks or more ducks and she is excited.....She wants them now (of course a 3 year old does not understand a calender like the rest of us lol) But I told her we can count days down till we can get some and she can help pick some babys out.....She is still sad and sulky but yet happy because she can have more babys to take care of. Last thing she asked me was "is today over yet?" it was cute....She does the same thing when taking her vitamins.

I am just not going to get much sleep now. I am gonna be on high alert and listening if the dogs bark and how they bark. They can see to the duck pen, so I will be keeping a better eye on Luna.

I just want to thank everyone again for everything.

 

[Scoop]

Awe your poor daughter (and you!) I am so sorry for your loss. I'm right there with you as I am still mourning the loss of our favorite hen. Let your daughter know that even people who are all grown up cry themselves to sleep sometimes, too.

 

[strega78]

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Thank you.....she knows. I have been crying right along with her. She got mad at herself because usually when she crys she is being a bad girl and she says "mommy i am a good girl really, I am just really sad right now" I told her its ok to cry if she is sad that she was not in trouble. I think I am more sad about her being sad then about the duckies passing away. Yesturday when my husband went to take care of the ducks, I was inside with a sore leg and he came in and said Sweetheart I am sorry I am gonna have to get you some new ones later...I knew that Grumpy Gus passed.....and started crying. My daughter came in the front room and seen me cry and then she started crying.....I hated that duck....he was mean. I mean he ate his babies a couple of months ago lol....But I knew he was mean towards me and my husband because he thought we were a threat to his females and I did not wish any harm to the lil cuss. When we first got him and as I was trying to put him in the pen he went nuts and was trying to get away. He cut me up pretty bad. So we had a love hate relationship lol. After the 2 females passed away I knew he was not going to make it because he was not being mean to me. I mean i got to pet him...which was not something he let me do. He usually would beat his wings and make himself look bigger and do that male Muscovy dance saying he was the man and then hiss at me and duck his head like he was gonna come after me but he never did. He usually just protested and that was that. I would say stop it Grumpy Gus you Old cuss and he would cock his head and look at me in a silly way. I know all will be better. It is just gonna take time.

 

[rainplace]

Have you thought about an indoor duck? Nettie knows a lot about how to raise ducks inside.

 

[cluckcluck42]

I'm so sorry for the loss of the duckies. Loss is hard at any age, your poor daughter.

I really hope they weren't poisoned, its terrible to think someone would do that to an innocent creature...

 

[duckluck]

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They sell a security camera set complete with monitor for less than $100 at KMart...it's wireless between the camera and the monitor, uses antennas. I had two of these in my foaling stall when I foaled out my mare but my husband had to build an external antenna for the barn...corrugated barn siding doesn't carry any signals through good, even cell phones. Check them out, I think you will agree they are worth the money. I had one monitor in my bedroom and one in the kitchen, so when we were sleepless after several days foal watching I could have someone come over and watch the kitchen monitor till morning.

 

[strega78]

We will be getting a cam or a game cam in a couple of months. My husband and I talked it over and we will be getting chickens. Just don't know when lol. Right now we are handling Christmas and no time to really think about it. Daughter is doing better today. Going to look up having a house duck so we don't have to get rid of Luna. She is so lonely outside by herself and I don't think I could get rid of her. She is a sweetheart. She is perky and eating and drinking well. The top of her water froze overnight and it was funny to watch her try to break the ice up (i did for her before i went to work). I might set her up a pen in the garage so she will be a lil warmer... Anyone know how to make ducky diapers (can't afford the ones I have seen online)? I think my Daughter would get a kick out of having a duck in the house lol.

 

[Birdcrazy]

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Ooh if you get an indoor duck there's such thing as a harness with diaper (nettie) I thought it was very very cute. Indoor non-messy duck is an awesome idea.

Oh and making your own diaper shouldn't be hard? Im sure its just a plastic material (easy to wash) wrapped around with space at the bottom for the mess

If you do get an indoor duck post photo's! Aw it'd be so cute!

 

[strega78]

Update..........

Luna is still alive and looks like she did not get into what the others did. We are planning on making her a pen to put in the garage so she will be warmer and try to bring her in (with a diaper lol) if she lets us. My daughter is not crying as much now. Just a lil here and there and mostly she cries when we go outside and sees Luna all by herself. She is sad that she is outside and wants to bring her inside and my husband and I tell her that Luna needed a diaper to come in. Her reply was Mommy thats easy she can use one of mine (we still have them when she wore them but she uses them on her dolls now lol). I tell her they wont fit because her body is different then ours and they would not fit. She got upset at that and started crying....she just wants to help. I am just glad she is taking this better then she did a few months ago.


I want to wish everyone a Merry Christmas and thank you again.

 

[TheDuckCrew]

i am soo very sorry for your loss and your daughters loss. i see animals just like you do, theyre more than pets, they are absolutely family. i lost 3 of my 4 ducks and when the last one was killed, my parents told me when i got home from school. i ran outside crying hysterically and just sat with my other duck. the loss is truly a terrible thing to endure. ive had people mess with my ducks as well. they'd break into the pen and smash all the buckets in. it was truly quite aggravating. one kid actually shot one of my ducks with a bb gun. thankfully he was far enough away that it didn't do any damage. the vet found the bullet when we had to have her put down. it really is a terribly thing to have to go through, and i would definitely watch out for little Luna. I hope she's doing okay. Give your daughter a hug for us all. everything will eventually get better, the pain will dull but never fade. we're all here for you and your wonderful daughter.