It is never easy when you lose something you love. Even harder when that thing isn’t yours, is an animal and has been entrusted to you for a time.
Late yesterday afternoon we had 6 Indian Runner ducks go walkabout and they just have not come back. I had thought the chooks and ducks would like to be released and to have some fresh grass to pick through, so we left the gate to the chook yard open. We saw the ducks about 4-4.30pm and when 5.30pm came and Aj went to lock up they just weren’t there. We have friends visiting for the weekend so Aj and Trish spent a good hour and a half out in the dusk/dark looking. We looked again most of the day. They knew home; they had come and gone from the yard before yesterday. We have looked high and low, more than a few times, and door-knocked the neighbours.
What more can be done? Trust God and be at peace. Yes, easier said than done. Especially when the ducks aren’t mine and I feel terrible, sick and as though I have let our friends down. But that seems all that I can do now. And as sad as reality is, they may just never come back L
I love these ducks. I would like to get two of my own but maybe it’d best for us to get them really young so they know nothing but our place as home.
If you want more information on the beautiful Indian Runner ducks please click on the link.http://www.burkesbackyard.com.au/factsheets/Birds/Indian-Runner-Duck/982
On a lighter note, have you ever seen baby worms? These tiny little white wriggly things are baby worms from our compost pile :) The kids love it! Lets hope my cauliflower and broccoli seedlings love them too.
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