On December 19, our male duck died in the cage. He was being held in the cage with 2 female ducks. My wife and the maids got tired of cleaning up their poop littered around the walkway. They decided to cage them. We went for our vacation for a week. I think the maids that were left behind did not bother taking care of the poor caged ducks. The male duck died.
So I ordered the release of the surviving 2 female ducks to let them graze and recover so they can be scheduled for slaughter this Christmas.
Maybe the male duck died due to verbal abuse by 2 wives? Seriously, we probably cannot match the living requirements of ducks free to graze on their own. They should never have been caged. I remember buying these ducks for immediate slaughter, not pets. Now, no eggs can be laid, there are no males.
We do have another female and 3 ducklings… they are set free every morning and caged in the evening. For some reason, the cats have not eaten the ducklings yet. Probably the stray cats are unfamiliar with ducks.
A parallel with humans here, maybe a couple of times a year we should be allowed to graze for our own food. Somehow get out of this self imposed captivity in the city jungle. I’m just upset with the duck that died… I felt like I threw out good money.