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| Tina Michelle |
Posted - Sep 03 2007 : 1:21:27 PM
A very sad day here today..awoke this morning to feed the ducks..and the female duck was not up at the back door with the drake..so I thought at first that perhaps she was sitting on an egg or laying one.. but all the sudden my daughter saw her...
up against the fence at the very back of the yard...dead.:0(
Something had attacked her during the night and well..the sight was rather gruesome.
Luckily the male survived unharmed..and was by the back door quacking..he has been moping around all day. So as soon as the feed stores are open tomorrow I shall call around to see where I can find a young female Peking Duck to give him company again.
I made the mistake of letting them have a nest up under the hedges in the back yard for the last 5 evenings without penning them up..thinking that surely they'd be o.k. in my city lot...
my clue should have been yesterday mornings missing eggs..but I honestly did not think that the thing(most likely a raccoon) that had eaten the eggs would be back to wreck even more havoc and this time go for something bigger..:0(
So it is definitely back to caging them up in the evenings.
Anyhow..I did cry a little bit..and then was mad..but had to do what had to be done..and dug the hole and buried the poor gal. Not the best thing to be greeted with first thing in the morning:0( Rest in Peace my sweet "Daisy Duck".
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| EnchantedWoodsGirl |
Posted - Sep 06 2007 : 5:12:03 PM
Oh Tina how sad for you. But remember that you gave her plenty of love - you have a very big heart. I swear that animals grieve and that makes it all the more sad when they are left alone.
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| Lovin Life |
Posted - Sep 05 2007 : 5:58:24 PM
Sorry Tina,
Not a good way to start the day, I agree. Poor Daffy too :( Hopefully he'll be back to his old self soon. I have lost one chicken lately, but to old age, I think. Now, it seems like another one is going. They're all from my first flock, back in 2003, so they are special girls! I cried when she died too. They're like part of the family.
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| Phils Ann |
Posted - Sep 05 2007 : 12:40:24 PM
Dear Sweet Tina,
I'm so sorry you've lost Daisy Duck! We all know how much you love and care for your ducks--I hope you can get another female very soon.
Ann
Sairy Hill Thicket
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| Hideaway Farmgirl |
Posted - Sep 05 2007 : 11:18:44 AM
Tina, I just wanted to say I was so sorry to hear about Miss Daisy...
Jo
"Wish I had time to work with herbs all day!" |
| Tina Michelle |
Posted - Sep 05 2007 : 10:58:49 AM
I encourage anyone that keeps poultry of any kind, to make sure they have a safe shelter to go into at night..something that is proven NOT to allow predators into it.It is easy and cheap to build a moveable pen to house them into during the night.
I had to learn the hard way unfortunately that no matter the size of your animal..there is always the possibility ..even in the city..of a tragedy.
And it doesn't pay to think that the animals can take care of themselves, or to get lax in any way on making sure they are getting put into their house at night. My hen was starting to set on a nest and I thought that since they were up under hedges against the back of my house up under my bedroom window that surely they'd be fine..it was a mistake to think that.
Anyhow..if I have helped to spare anyone else the grief of having to bury a loved animal then it was worth the having to go through this.Lesson learned the hard way..but if it helps someone else...then some good did come out of it.
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| therealshari |
Posted - Sep 05 2007 : 09:43:35 AM
Tina, I'm so sorry to hear of your loss.
It helps to remind me that no matter how big the birds get, they're still prey animals.
Just last night I was thinking of leaving the hen house run door open all night... then God talked to me and said... you built your fence to keep your birds in, not to keep predators out. So, my birds go to bed at dusk... even if I don't like to go out at dusk.
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| BlueRoseMama |
Posted - Sep 04 2007 : 4:18:48 PM
That's terribly sad! I am sorry! We have a backyard flock and so far we have been lucky, but I am going to take this post as a warning and keep them in at night... I had been lax on that these last few days... they so love to get up just at dawn and get the bugs under our back window. I am sorry for your loss... I hope you find a replacement for Daisy soon.
Val
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| Kelly43 |
Posted - Sep 04 2007 : 12:28:05 PM
Tina, So sorry about Miss Daisy Duck. Have had the same experience with chickens when one thought the other closed the coop for the night, it is always heartbreaking. I'm sure Mr. Daffy will love his new mate when you find one for him.
Love, Kelly |
| queenofdreamsz4u |
Posted - Sep 04 2007 : 01:36:16 AM
Oh, I'm so sorry about the loss of your duckie  Healing thoughts coming your way.
Stephanie
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| Tina Michelle |
Posted - Sep 04 2007 : 12:30:23 AM
thank you all. I hope I can find "Daffy" a new girlfriend real soon. It is the most pitiful thing to watch a lonely/grieving duck.That is part of what has really upset me about this whole thing today. I have felt horrible that I trusted that my city lot just because it was fenced in..would be safe.
You certainly do "live and learn" and sometimes the lessons are not fun to go through at all.
Thank you all for giving me a place to kind of just voice about my day and get it out.
Thanks.
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| JudyBlueEyes |
Posted - Sep 03 2007 : 9:46:34 PM
Oh, Tina, I'm so sorry about Daisy...we all enjoyed so much seeing the pictures of her and her Dear Daffy. Peace to you and best wishes that you find a new Daisy soon. Hugs! Judy
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| daffodil dreamer |
Posted - Sep 03 2007 : 6:31:13 PM
So sorry to hear about Daisy - it is awful to lose an animal.
Best wishes,
Jayne |
| vintagegrl |
Posted - Sep 03 2007 : 6:27:39 PM
Oh jeez, Tina! How awful! Poor Daisy. And how terrible for you to find her. Like Judy I feel really bad for Daffy. |
| junkjunkie |
Posted - Sep 03 2007 : 4:39:25 PM
That's so sad! What make's it sadder is that her mate is grieving and misses her. I hope he finds another friend soon. That would bother me, also....I would have been depressed.
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| Mumof3 |
Posted - Sep 03 2007 : 3:36:45 PM
Oh, Tina! I am so sorry about Daisy!! That's awful. The same thing happened to my chickens. It's just such a horrible thing to deal with. I would have cried too.
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| Aunt George |
Posted - Sep 03 2007 : 3:11:38 PM
Tina I'm so sorry about sweet Daisy. Your poor poor duck. Hugs...................G
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| Tina Michelle |
Posted - Sep 03 2007 : 3:08:01 PM
thank you all. I have been sort of moping today too..along with Daffy... but as soon as I can I will get Daffy a new girlfriend..he looks so very sad today and has stayed huddled up by my back door most all day long.He did bathe in his water today and eat some,but clearly he is missing his girlfriend.
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| Marybeth |
Posted - Sep 03 2007 : 2:35:37 PM
Oh Tina How awful. You loved your ducks so much. I am so sorry. MB
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| LadyCrystal |
Posted - Sep 03 2007 : 2:02:06 PM
I am so sorry Tina, I have had racoons reek havoc on our farm before and it isn't pretty. Once we lost 50 chickens in one night and they were caged. HUGS,
Alicia
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| Firemama |
Posted - Sep 03 2007 : 1:51:57 PM
So sorry Tina,Rest in Peace Daisy
Mommy to 2
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| joyfulmama |
Posted - Sep 03 2007 : 1:30:52 PM
I am so sorry Tina.. I know how you feel.. We had minks get into my angora bunnies cages when we lived in Oregon.. It was a sad day indeed.
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