I just found my little female call duck that has been missing since the dog attack....she was right in the long weeds by the fence where that nasty little dog was....
I am so sad and mad. They never came over to apologize or anything. I suspected he had gotten her, but I just didn't see her when I went searching that night or the next couple days.
I am so sorry Ragdoll. That has to be just sitting on your shoulders right now. Stuff like that is so upsetting. Wish there was a way to replace your duck for you.
I hate going to work, because I can't run out to check on everyone when I am not here....
I am glad that I had felt the need to go take care of all my critters right away that day, but it still causes me a lot of distress. I wonder if I had found her that day if I could have saved her too.... .
Here is a pic of my "special deliveries" Hannibal and Zim in their fancy mailbox bed snoozing away....(Zim really is in there....He is behind Hannibal.)
Hannibal and Zim are my showgirls. For those that aren't as familiar with poultry, that is a silkie version of a naked neck. Zim is the one that has holes in him from the dog attack so I put him and his daddy and best bud, Hannibal, in the front yard so I could give him antibiotics and let him rest away from the flock.
Exciting news! I had one baby hatch from my Sebbie eggs last night! I had one quit fairly early on, and 3 that made it to last night didn't make it out, but I had a couple incubating issues this time, so I am not surprised. This is my little baby.
Oh congratulations!!!! Now you need to send it to me...along with a couple eggs and directions on how to incubate goose eggs! I would LOVE sebbies....really would. How do you incubate goose eggs anyways? Do you have to turn them too?