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    Help! Mama duck was eaten, now trying to save 2 eggs

    UPDATE: Well under my broody hen was not the best place. She ended up cracking the side of the egg that had a duckling in it for sure and she left the nest for probably half the day to sit on different eggs so all the eggs she had been sitting on were cold. So I brought the broke egg to the...
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    Help! Mama duck was eaten, now trying to save 2 eggs

    They have only been in the barn in the winter when the temps got super cold and we used a rope line to scare them off the ice. I've never been able to get them in, in the summer time. That's what I'm hoping if we leave her there, that she'll just camouflage right into it. Where she is at...
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    Help! Mama duck was eaten, now trying to save 2 eggs

    You can see my barn roof and pond kinda in my avatar. They are not very far away from each other. The barn is probably 15 feet away. I've tried getting them to go into the barn or lean to area that's fenced in but they get to the door and they are like, there is now way we are going in there...
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    Help! Mama duck was eaten, now trying to save 2 eggs

    They do, but they don't let them run around usually. They know the duck is there because I asked her the other day if she was sitting on eggs there and she said yes. I had no idea where she was sitting on eggs at till she came home to eat one night and I waited to see where she went back to. It...
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    Help! Mama duck was eaten, now trying to save 2 eggs

    Oh, and if I remember right I think the air cell was slanted on one side just a little, but mostly straight across. I'll have to re-candle them tonight. I'm thinking of leaving them with my broody chicken instead of putting them in the incubator. It looks like that has worked for some. I wish I...
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    Help! Mama duck was eaten, now trying to save 2 eggs

    This is where she decided to make her nest. Can you see her on top of the straw pile. Not the best place. This is her 3rd time hatching. Before she was right in the middle of my peppermint and you couldn't see her at all. A much better hiding spot than this!!
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    Help! Mama duck was eaten, now trying to save 2 eggs

    I'm wondering too. My mallard made a nest at my neighbors house and is sitting on them over there. I would hate for a predator to get her too. I would probably be able to catch her since she is on the nest. Could I do that and move her nest inside my barn or would she abandon the eggs at that...
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    Help! Mama duck was eaten, now trying to save 2 eggs

    only 2 of them survived the rest were cracked open. I saw one move when candled. The other was really hard to see into so I'm not sure if it is alive. The eggs were cold when we found them. I'm not sure what have they dipped yet means?
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    Help! Mama duck was eaten, now trying to save 2 eggs

    I can't get my ducks to come off the pond at night. I would lock them up if I could get to them or if they would follow me. When you get within 4 feet of them they run/fly for the water. The whole 1/2 pond is fenced in, but obviously predators can climb over. If you have any advice for getting...
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    Help! Mama duck was eaten, now trying to save 2 eggs

    Since I don't know what day she was on for sitting on them, what would you guys do for turning them?
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    Help! Mama duck was eaten, now trying to save 2 eggs

    The one had some egg yolk that got on one side of it from one of the eggs that got cracked open by whatever creature that got into the nest last night.
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    Help! Mama duck was eaten, now trying to save 2 eggs

    I saw that, I just wasn't sure if it would hurt them at this point
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    Help! Mama duck was eaten, now trying to save 2 eggs

    Can the eggs be rinsed quickly and dried?
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    Help! Mama duck was eaten, now trying to save 2 eggs

    Can someone give me the quick lowdown on hatching duck eggs. Mama duck was eaten and the eggs she was sitting on were all cracked except 2. I candled and saw that at least one was still alive. I stuck it under my broody chicken for now, while the incubator warms up. I don't know how old they...
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    Farm boots- Muck boots, Mudruckers, Cheap boots???

    Thanks for the replies everyone. The pair of boots my hubby got me were $119 on sale. I have read reviews that they are slippery, but I think it depends on which style you buy. I wanted to get a pair of the shorter ones cause I thought they would be more comfy in the summer. But now with all...
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