Missing Runner Duck

So sad... One of our black runner ducks came up missing yesterday when we put everyone up for the evening. We searched their popular "haunts" in the woods with no sign of her. We are going to head down the hill toward the creek today to search for feathers and predator hideouts. We are now down to only 2 ducks (one is a male). We have chickens sitting on eggs, and several are duck eggs, so we are hoping for some ducklings in another week or so. Farm life can be so cruel. 

Fertile Eggs....

This is a bit of trivia. How can you tell if these eggs are fertile?...... Answer.... Obviously ignoring the bad pic and flash..... You can see a small round whitish colored "bulls eye" in the yolk if fertile... Can be anywhere in the yolk. Most of these are fertile. We have busy roosters lol.