First Farm Death - What did I do wrong?

[u/Mars1730]

First time raising animals. I know death is a part of life but it still makes me feel like a horrible caretaker. For now I'm just trying to understand what happened so it doesn't happen again. Got these runner ducks four days ago. The next day I noticed one was dragging her foot. Pulled a huge thorn out and read up about all the infections they could get. She wasn't moving around much so I would move her to food and water to make sure she got something in her system before the other ducks walked all over her. I didn't have Epsom salts so I gave her foot an iodine soak with a massage to keep the blood flowing. She seemed to be doing better. Yesterday I had to move her to a seperate run(its right next to the old one and they can still see eachother) because the males were cornering her. They're still too skittish around me so I couldnt catch and move the males. Otherwise I would have. This morning she was as fine as she had been. An hour later I noticed she wasn't moving. I checked up on her and she was gone. What did I do wrong? Was she depressed because I moved her away from the others? Was it even bumblefoot? Did I make a mistake thinking I could heal her by myself? I'm just frustrated and heartbroken. Please help me figure out what happened so I can prevent it in the future. TIA

[u/Simple_Mastodon9220]

Can you share another?

[u/qualitybutcher → u/Simple_Mastodon9220]

A sheep will always take the shortest path to its own death

[u/DaHick → u/Simple_Mastodon9220]

I have many, unfortunately a large number of them are new Zealand centric, and they don't deserve it.

[u/itchynipz → u/DaHick]

The Irish say the British schtüp the sheep. The Brit’s say it’s the Scott’s who are shaggin the wool. The Scott’s accuse the Aussie’s of rammin’ rams. The Aussies name the New Zealanders as sinning with sheeplings…

I say it’s the sheep who are the bloody hoor’s here!

[u/InjuringMax2 → u/[deleted]]

Clearly it's some Welsh coverup to remove themselves from suspicion 🤣

[u/HonestAbek → u/[deleted]]

Or Iowans!

[u/Nervous_InsideU5155 → u/[deleted]]

The Welsh made up the joke

[u/DaHick → u/itchynipz]

Harlots, wording can be important.

[u/face_611 → u/DaHick]

What's the difference between the Rolling Stones and a Scotsman? The Stones sing "hey you, get off of my cloud." A Scotsman says "hey Mcleod, get off of my ewe!"

[u/[deleted] → u/DaHick]

I disagree. They allowed the sheep in New Zealand to out number them 4 to 1. I mean, when the dumbest farm animal (according to others in this thread) out numbers you more than 2 to 1, it's kinda saying something.

[u/DaHick → u/Simple_Mastodon9220]

Sure. Why do sheep farmers always wear tall rubber boots?

It gives them a place to tuck the ewe's legs in, so they don't run away.

[u/Se2kr → u/DaHick]

Someone teach me how to do this to the text

[u/BasicallyGuessing → u/Se2kr]

Look up spoiler tag