I should have known not to get attached to wild ducks updated
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graygables · 06-11-2005, 01:53 PM

Well, Mama Duck faithfully sat on her nest and yesterday, the ducklings started to hatch. DDs were *so* excited and so was I. When we last looked, she had 4 of her 13. Well, this morning, DH came in and told me not to be upset, but that something had come in the night and killed all the ducklings and destroyed the rest of the eggs.

It just looks terrible and Mama Duck is quacking her heart out by the nest. She looks so sad and confused and it sounds like she's crying. I am torn up and Breeanna is absolutely *devastated*. She's been crying all day.

Sarah is upset, but with her Asperger's, she's hard to judge. Yes, it's nature and all that, but I'm still so sad about it.

DreaminDizney1002 · 06-11-2005, 02:09 PM

Oh my...that is simply awful. Poor Mama duck.

I wonder what it was that attacked. I can't even imagine how awful that must have been. Pixies to you and to Mama duck..

**chezp** · 06-11-2005, 03:17 PM

That's awful and so sad.

Nature can be so cruel sometimes.

**DrDolphin** · 06-11-2005, 04:35 PM

Poor mama duck. Can you have a ceremony or something for the family for the girls to feel better??

TinkMulanMickeysMom · 06-11-2005, 05:23 PM

Oh Dawn,
I'm so sorry. I think a cermony is a really nice suggestion!

**Colexis Mom** · 06-11-2005, 05:34 PM

How sad

I'd be crying too! I know it's the circle of life, but it's always better (for me anyway) when it happens out of my sight

Jenny Pooh · 06-11-2005, 07:59 PM

Poor Mamma duck!

gwugirl03 · 06-11-2005, 08:36 PM

Poor Mama Duck!!!!

**rescuesk** · 06-11-2005, 10:07 PM

We had a feral cat attack and destroy a nest that had been under our deck for years. Mama came back year after year and raised her little ones, and we usually got to see them fly off. This year, the cat got to it. We were pretty upset.

(Don't worry this has a happy ending). I was walking around the house earlier this week and I noticed Mama in a tree squawking at me. I looked at where she was headed, and sure enough, she has built another nest in a totally different part of the house which is actually relatively cat-proof. She has 4 little fuzzy guys in it.

Give Mama Duck time. She will be OK and may even have another round of babies this year. Nature can be cruel, but she also protects and Mama Duck will find a safe place for her next bunch of ducklings.

to you, your girls and Mama Duck.

disneyfan4994 · 06-11-2005, 11:09 PM

How sad.

Poor Mama Duck.

SHEANA1226 · 06-11-2005, 11:46 PM

That is horrible!

for Mama Duck!

Nala · 06-12-2005, 12:06 AM

How heartbreaking! I know how you feel. We have watched two sets of baby cardinals in our yard. The first nest they built only one egg hatched and I think one of our dogs ate the baby when it left the nest! The second nest had two but we only saw one after they left the nest. We still don't know if it made it or not.

to you and your girls. And I hope that the poor momma duck moves on to bless the world with many more babies.

graygables · 06-12-2005, 01:04 AM

We did have a "funeral" today and DH tried to hide the graphic details from DDs, thank goodness (I'll spare you, too, but it was VERY strange and

) Breeanna asked where the Papa Duck was and we told her that he goes off while the mama makes the nest and keeps the eggs. She, in her infinite 6yo wisdom, said that he needed to go like her daddy and lay "duck bricks" and make a house where Mama Duck and the babies could be safe.

I was about hysterical at that point. This afternoon, Mama was back quacking around the nest again, which is literally under my office window, so I had to go somewhere else. My dad just says it's "instinct", but she is so upset, you can hear it.

Thanks for the pixies...I feel kinda silly, circle of life and all that, but I was so into the whole thing.