You are right. I thought my backyard in downtown suburbia was safe save for a few stray cats...and the ducks have had free reign of the yard since they were large enough to not easily be made food. We have had no issues for the last eight months. However, I agree that the predator will not stop...
Thanks, I am contemplating a way to build an enclosed run in front of it, since apparently I have an owl (or raccoon, oppossum) problem now. It'll just be a place for them to stay safe at night.
Hmm Owls are a definite discouragement. How far away from their nests do they hunt?
I will start working on closing off a pen for the ducks. I have a 4x8 chicken wire enclosed brooder that may due for now.
Here is a nest that I can see from the back porch. Anyone recognize it as an owl's...
Yes, I go to bed at about midnight everynight and check on them. I am up at 7 every morning and go outside with the dogs. The ducks free roam the backyard, so their is no pen to break into. Also, with all the leaves on the ground it makes it hard to find tracks.
The picture here shows Gray, he...
I repurposed an old torn up couch.
http://thehorn-elwellfarm.blogspot.com/2013/11/repurposing-couch.html
They don't use it too often, but if it is especially cold they will hangout in there, and I will get a nest with an egg in it for a few days in a row. I think it really depends on...
First of all, hello, and thank you for the forum. I have been a longtime lurker and decided I need to post to try and help my ducks.
10 days ago I had one of my four ducks turn up missing. Morning after last I discovered a second duck missing.
These are ducks that I hatched in Spring. They...