Heather_256715 Posted January 2, 2013 Share Posted January 2, 2013 A couple months back one of our mallard x indian runner ducks ( a motley mix) died. We have a crab apple tree and all the ducks enjoy eating the fruit. We found her with a crab apple at the base of her neck, obviously stuck there, and another at the base of her beak, about to enter her throat. It was an extremely upsetting and disturbing experience. If I net off the tree, they will jump over and as they aren't strictly 'ours' ( we live by a reservoir but they sleep at ours and we feed them) I don't want to clip their wings. We also get an alarming number of dog attacks and I don't want them to get hurt. I am wondering if she copied the other ducks, but as her neck was so thin she couldn't cope with it. She had ben eating them fine for many days previously though. Anyone had any similar things happen? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chortle Chook Posted January 7, 2013 Share Posted January 7, 2013 What a horrible thing to have happened I have a wee crab apple tree but last year had just about no apples on it. I'll be watching things very carefully now. Were the apples round ones and if so were they about the size of cherries or bigger, or were they those oval shaped ones do you know? I'm just trying to work out if my ducks would be at risk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
