Today I found 2 more. And I notice small dark cracks on one egg and another has a dark circle at the air sack. Are these likely dead? I will try to candle later when she gets off the nest to feed.
This is her first clutch, and she started with 14 eggs over 3 weeks ago. Eggs are mysteriously missing, probably predator. Yesterday she had 6 eggs with one broken open with a dead chick inside,fully developed under the membrane. Is she cracking them open? I think she’s become impatient. Is...
My broody duck has been on the nest for over 3 weeks. She started with 14 and now only has six. Yesterday I found an egg broken open with a dead duckling inside under the membrane. Is she getting impatient? I don’t know what happened to the other eggs.
