Okay, so, my duck has been what I thought was broody for quite some time now. She's had issue after issue and I've gotten no ducklings what so ever. Not one's the hatched right or lived, anyway. So, I finally got her out of her pen so she could go be a duck with the others and not go completely feral. I went to get some of her eggs to candle and see if there was any hope left. There are four of them sitting on top of the nest, but they're impossibly light; almost as if it's an empty shell. And everything below is one piece. Like, some of the eggs are bad and cracked and just melded together with the hay. It's obvious that no living creature is going become of it.
I know I need to get rid of it, but how? I've heard multiple times that taking away the entire nest can mentally harm them. How do I slowly but surely take them away without anything happening to her? I mean, I could start taking away those four eggs, but the rest is just......I'd have to take the whole thing. I've got about 10-15 minutes before they have to go to bed, so I wanted an answer before that.
I'm sorry I'm so useless, but ya'll have helped me more with ducks than I ever could have on my own!
Animal family: Two Betta fish, four White Cloud Minnows, two African Dwarf Frogs, two male gerbils, one quarter horse mare, one blind South Pole bull, five Blue Swedish Cayuga mix ducks, and one mini dachshund.
My pets give me headaches, heartaches and tons of stress, they're hard on the wallet and give nothing back, but they are the light of my life. I wouldn't be who I am without them.
Animal family: Two Betta fish, four White Cloud Minnows, two African Dwarf Frogs, two male gerbils, one quarter horse mare, one blind South Pole bull, five Blue Swedish Cayuga mix ducks, and one mini dachshund.
My pets give me headaches, heartaches and tons of stress, they're hard on the wallet and give nothing back, but they are the light of my life. I wouldn't be who I am without them.
