What is eating my duck eggs?

[Angela Thomson]

I'm usually gone to work, but this morning I went to the duck pen to see if they started laying again yet, and there were two broken eggs by their pond. I have no idea what did this. They may have been laying all along and I didn't know. We recently moved them into their new pen with pond and duck house. There are no other animals or poultry in the pen with them. Three ducks, one impotent drake.
Here's a pic:

 

[snow5164]

What is the pen covered in? How big are the holes in it , more importantly??

If it’s the fence in your avatar that looks like 2 inch holes ? Many creatures can fit threw that ,

What creatures would peck? Open an egg like that is the question ?and the shell gets eaten too .... very interesting

 

[Angela Thomson]

What is the pen covered in? How big are the holes in it , more importantly??

If it’s the fence in your avatar that looks like 2 inch holes ? Many creatures can fit threw that ,

What creatures would peck? Open an egg like that is the question ?and the shell gets eaten too .... very interesting

That pic was their old pen. I haven't put up the poultry netting yet, but I do have it on hand. I think DH will be doing that this evening lol
I've just never seen and egg opened like that! My ducks couldn't peck it like that! The yolks were nearly gone too. The pen is mostly in the trees and tree line so I don't think a hawk could land in there.

 

[Angela Thomson]

I'm usually gone to work, but this morning I went to the duck pen to see if they started laying again yet, and there were two broken eggs by their pond. I have no idea what did this. They may have been laying all along and I didn't know. We recently moved them into their new pen with pond and duck house. There are no other animals or poultry in the pen with them. Three ducks, one impotent drake.
Here's a pic:

Good info here! Shared for y'all! I'm thinking crow, but not sure they can land in there with all the trees.
http://www.discoverwildlife.com/british-wildlife/how-identify-egg-thieves

 

[cmom]

Do you have a game camera you can put up to see what is lurking? Probably a crow. I had crows in my pens before I put heavy duty netting over all of my pens and now the crows can't get in.

 

[snow5164]

When my bad chickens ate the eggs regularly, they looked like that ....

So a pointy beak like a crow could do that , duck eggs are so hard they’ve probably got a headache from opening them

 

[WVduckchick]

When my bad chickens ate the eggs regularly, they looked like that ....

So a pointy beak like a crow could do that , duck eggs are so hard they’ve probably got a headache from opening them

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[Chick-N-Fun]

A game camera would help! Good luck!

 

[sourland]

I'm guessing crows.

 

[Angela Thomson]

Do you have a game camera you can put up to see what is lurking? Probably a crow. I had crows in my pens before I put heavy duty netting over all of my pens and now the crows can't get in.[/QUOT

I have cameras, but not put back up yet since the move. THAT is getting done this weekend too.