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Very early (I think before incubation started) our pest control people doing the outdoor application sprayed the gas mist (which I believe is permethrin mixed with vegetable oil) directly down on the nest (it is invisible, so no hard feelings to exterminator). Concern here is mostly the...

Thanks for reply. Yes, the day prior to the yesterday (upset hen and her nest abandonment), there was a large crow that walked up to our front porch walkway and was looking toward the nest. The duck stood up and stared at the crow, and it walked away and then kind of flew off to the side and...

Hello. So a mallard hen made a nest on a narrow sliver of garden by my front porch. It’s been fun, but anyway she’s been incubating the nest for three weeks but bailed today. She started with 8 eggs, but this morning she looked visibly upset and flustered, and I discovered three eggs were...