she got off the nest this morning to get some water and i checked with a flash light and all 5 eggs seem to be fertile and hopefully close to hatching soon (forgot to mention we found out she had two more) most of them the air pocket in it was at a slant.
some sad news today i was feeding the mom and her babies by the lake and i counted only 6 babies , when there was 7 before. i found the baby dead in the coop
i’m unsure what happened.
they all reside in the same coop but the mom and the babies have been sleeping in her nest which is inside a big cage. i found the baby outside the nest, the only thing i think i could see injury wise was the eye looks like it may have been poked out but it was hard to tell. i usually let them all out at the same time in the mornings and mom baby sometimes stay behind in the coop. we have a small rooster and two hens, my idea is the rooster did it when they were loose in the coop. and all babies were there upon locking them up last night and letting them out this morning. so it happened during the day.
generally the other ducks have no access to them during nights and when they’re outside the coop the mom and babies go off on their own, so that’s why i think if it was a coop mate that it was a chicken.
