small farm in texas
In the Brooder
My one year old pekin duck is sitting a clutch started out with 16 now only 7 is she breaking them? If so why?
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Would a predator take eggs from under a duck?If you're not finding the eggs somewhere around the nest I'd say it's likely that a predator is helping themselves to your duck eggs.
she's in Texas so it could be any of those things you mentioned!I've had them taken from under every manner of bloody including turkeys. Snakes are especially good at robbing the nests of brooding birds. But we've also caught crows, rats and raccoons in the act.
Mine too! I hate snakes so much just thinking about them freaks me out.My first thought was snake