So right now is the time of year for cutting hay. My husband is cutting the pivot of alfalfa we have. Usually he runs over a lot of ducks and duck nests
, but now that he has me(who just got my first ducks this year) we can try to save some of the undamaged eggs. He has already run over about 10 nests. The problem is you can't see them until after is is too late (don't yell at me on here there is nothing we can do we tried to search for suspected spots but has anyone seen the size of a pivot?). Well, he just ran over one but there were 7 good eggs! The other 9 that were damaged looked about a week along. Some of the other nests I looked at had no good eggs and were further along but he told me he would keep looking. Well I have a turkey who has been brooding over a dozen golf balls so I just switched those out. Kicked her out of the nesting box so have to go check and see if she went to sit on the eggs in a bit but I hope it works. Duck eggs have a harder shell right? My turkey tried to sit on some chicken eggs but she broke them. I am hoping she will be able to hatch these but if not at least they had a second chance they wouldn't otherwise have. Anyway, thought I would share my story. Will upload pictures in a bit if anyone wants but a bit graphic from the broken eggs.
Kat
Kat