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And then there were Six.
Nov. 18th, 2015 04:20 pmRIP - Soft Spot, C's Blue runner duck.
RIP - Castiel, my Black runner duck.
Found both birds today. Neither were next to a border fence (thus ruling out neighbor dogs). Soft Spot was intact, in the area the horses can access, so at first I thought she might have been accidentally kicked or stepped on. That was until I did a headcount of the remaining ducks and found Cas. She was on a lower level of the bird yard, missing her head and neck. So, it looks like for the first time in the five and a half years we've been at this property, we have a predator problem.
As sad as it is to lose birds, what bothers me the most is I don't know that whatever did this won't keep coming back. We do not have predator proof pens to lock the birds in at night.
RIP - Castiel, my Black runner duck.
Found both birds today. Neither were next to a border fence (thus ruling out neighbor dogs). Soft Spot was intact, in the area the horses can access, so at first I thought she might have been accidentally kicked or stepped on. That was until I did a headcount of the remaining ducks and found Cas. She was on a lower level of the bird yard, missing her head and neck. So, it looks like for the first time in the five and a half years we've been at this property, we have a predator problem.
As sad as it is to lose birds, what bothers me the most is I don't know that whatever did this won't keep coming back. We do not have predator proof pens to lock the birds in at night.
