All this animal drama!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Boar Ninja,

It is likely a blessing in disguise that the ducks met an unfortunate end. I had a duck tragedy last week when about 8 of them got loose out of the brooder. The roosters in my "cockpit" weren't picking on the ducks, so after much watching I decided that the ducklings could stay the night out of their brooder. The next morning, all the younger ones had vanished without a trace, and I had to pull a month old big duckling out of the hole a rat had obviously drug him down into. It was pretty obvious why his injury was incompatible with life. What really sucked was that the ducks belonged to Chris oldest daughter who midwifed the whole hatching process for three days. When she came back to the house, I had to explain that her ducks got eaten.

The two ducks that are left make a huge mess in their food and water. I hate them. I deal with them twice a day because they drain the huge poultry waterers that often. I think ducks belong on ponds where they can't make a big stinky mess. Unfortunately, these ducklings are not fully feathered and have to stay in the brooder until they are big enough and feathered to go to a pond. Grrrr...

Cheers
M