That’s what I was thinking but they are very angry women right now, they will attack anything that walks near the nest. They will also cover the nest if they leave, which I suspect that it’s normal behavior for a broody bird.
Long story short my two female ducks went broody on 6/10 and it’s now 7/20, they are sitting on fertilized chicken eggs. I was expecting all of the eggs to have already hatched since they are supposed to hatch at 21 days. I’ve candle lighted the eggs throughout this time and the embryos were...
