Recent content by Pazzie123

Ok, thanks, I am thinking that is the thing to do, I just am not sure the hatchlings can handle jumping off the roof, especially if they jump where there is concrete driveway

My other duck did the same thing but they hatched when I wasn’t around and all I found was one chick on the ground and the mom was somewhere else.. I can’t imagine what happened - if hatchlings were hurt falling off roof (then why wasn’t Mom with the one that lived) or predators got the babies...

Probably can’t move the nest, but even if I move the eggs when she is off it how will she know where they are? If I remove them when she is off the nest and put them on the ground in a box of leaves and hay, will she sit on it? I read that they rarely go back on the eggs if they are moved. My...

My Muscovy Duck made a nest on the roof over the garage. Eggs should hatch within the next few weeks. When hatchlings try to leave the roof they could land on a concrete driveway. Should I remove the eggs (I cannot incubate them) so they never hatch? Won’t this be traumatic to the duck? Or let...