Eagles And Rabbits And Deer, Oh My!!

We live on a little piece of land that we share with our land lord. It is somewhat of a little farm. They have goats, horses, ducks and chickens. We are going to add some chickens and ducks to the mix very soon. Zac has been working very hard getting our garden area ready and bringing home tires for some of the veggies. This is all very well and good except that last week we came home to deer staring us down in our own yard. And they keep coming back daily. This is always an aww inspiring site if you are not trying your hardest to become a little more self sufficient. Even the rabbits are not all that scared of us....so how to protect our garden on a budget and not make it look ghetto. That is the first question. Our next dilemma would be that we had 4 ducks and alot of eggs...and along came an eagle and swooped down into the duck pen and got the girls! While they were laying on thier eggs. That seems so very wrong to me. We have 1 male and 1 female left. Now we can change the duck pen, but they are free range so they can go to the pond where they are free game or sitting ducks. (I couldn't help myself)

Another scary thing is that the eagle and the hawk have also gone after cats, big ones. I am afraid to have Quinton outside on a blanket or in his playpen. He would be a beefy snack.

So any suggestions on how to keep the neighboring animals in the wild and away from our kids, animals and garden?