Sadness

[Duthomhas]

Last night an unknown predator got into the chicken coup and killed one of our Giant Pekin ducks, Ava. The survivor, Trouble, is broken-hearted. He has been crying all day. (The chickens were all able to jump up into the trees and avoid any serious injury.)

I'm still hunting for the beast that killed her. (I've got to kill it before it returns to attack again, alas.)

[helios]

I was expecting something much more tragic and disturbing, while skimming the lounge.

Last night an unknown predator got into the chicken kitchen [...]

I've heard a duck snoring, but crying? I would have expected them to mope, and then eventually be confused by a troupe of British comedians.
Is it anything like how dogs cry?

[chrisname]

That sucks. Did it leave the carcass behind? I don't know if you get foxes where you live, but that's the kind of thing foxes do. Or some other kind of wild dog. It's possible even that a neighbour (assuming you have neighbours) let their cat/dog out and the cat/dog decided to be all instinctive.

[Duthomhas]

I live on farmland, so I don't know if any neighboring animals had anything to do with it. (I suspect wildlife though.) I still haven't found the carcass, so whatever took her must have dragged her pretty far. I'm still looking...

[Kyon]

Perhaps it was a Zombie Linux-powered Badger:
http://www.strangehorizons.com/2004/20040405/badger.shtml

[jagoly]

My Rooster died yesterday.
)-;
I feel your pain.

[Duthomhas]

Sorry to hear it...

[Albatross]

I'm really not quite sure why you posted this in a forum full of mostly programmers. However, since you did... sorry to hear about the duck...


...


...say... what were you doing keeping ducks in a chicken coop?

-Albatross

[Thumper]

I'm really not quite sure why you posted this in a forum full of mostly programmers.

Programmers have feelings too! :b


Sorry about your duck man.