Ducks Adopted by Majestic

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Destiny's feet were cured, but her stay with us was far too short. Sadly, Destiny's oviduct prolapsed and she died during surgery while trying to save her.

It was serendipitous that we named her Destiny, for although her time in this world was devastatingly brief, her loss inspired the official opening of our sanctuary, saving hundreds more animals like her.

Her destiny seems to have been to open our eyes to the plight of abandoned and neglected waterfowl. She was our inspiration then and she still is now. Her ashes reside at the sanctuary.

Jezebel was one of our first rescues. She was a beautiful Silver Appleyard duck who came to us along with Destiny from a home of depravity and neglect. She was granted lifetime retirement here at Majestic. The moment we saw her, we fell in love with her. Her eyes were deep and brown and so full of soul--absolutely beautiful. You just couldn't look into her eyes and let her go afterwards. We had to let her stay.

Jezebel fell in love with Elijah and the two of them spent many happy years together before he passed away in August of 2007.

Jezebel's best friends were our two other retired rescued hens, Deirdre "Dear heart" and Vida. The three of them were like sisters and cared about each other very deeply. Together they made sure that any newly rescued hens were welcomed into the group, learned the routine and felt safe and secure while in our care.

Jezebel was diagnosed with cancer in September 2009 and was euthanized to prevent her from feeling any pain or suffering. She was 7 1/2 years old. She will never be forgotten. Her ashes reside at our sanctuary and she will forever lay to rest between Elijah and Destiny.

Leah-Evita "Vida" was an Ancona duck who hatched in May of 2002 and arrived at our sanctuary in May of 2003 after a breeder got bored with her. She was named after friends "Leah" and "David" and we called her "Vida" for short--which means "life" in Spanish. Vida arrived at our sanctuary soon after we lost Destiny duck, and we hoped that her lively name would bring good fortune to our sanctuary's residents.

Of course the great thing about having the name "Evita" was having so many songs at hand to sing to her. The sanctuary favorite was:

"Don't cry for me, my duck Vida.
The truth is, I never left you;
All through your wild days, your mad existence,
I kept my promise, don't keep your distance."

Majestic... where every duck has a song...

Always the life of the party and the kind of duck drakes dream about, this little girl brought plenty of life to our sanctuary! If there was quacking to be done, Vida was likely the one doing it!

One of our favorite things about Vida was the happy little noises she would make while hunting for worms or foraging in the grass. And although she would QUACK and run away from the boys, she would occasionally make a nest during the night and dream about hatching out her unfertilized egg. We would laugh and coax her out of the hay and onto the pond where she would swim happily all day long.

She may not have hatched out her own duckling, but boy did she take to the little rescued ducklings who came into our sanctuary, especially Gulliver. Finally... the chance to be a mother!

In her later years Vida became a seeing-eye duck to her best friend Deirdre who began losing her sight to cataracts. As Vida walked out of the barn every morning down to the pond, we would tell Deirdre, "Follow the white duck!" And she would...

At 10:00 p.m. on April 2010, at 8 years old, Vida became suddenly ill with Peritonitis and died within hours of her first symptoms. Her ashes will reside at our sanctuary among her friends where she will remain forever in peace.

Gulliver swims along behind Vida

Vida, Deirdre & Gulliver

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