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Does anyone know how to take care of a broody duck? We've had a couple try but they keep giving up. One had her eggs eaten by a snake then tried to incubate infertile ones, the other just gave up because it was getting cold. We know the mothball trick that keeps away snakes, but do you have any...

Ok wait, update, there are actually still two eggs left on the nest, and she's still on them, it's just that 16 or more have disappeared with no explanation. :(

No, I haven't found the eggs. They're just gone with no explanation and she's either wandering around the pen or sitting on an empty nest! I'm so confused! :( poor ducky. It's been really hot and humid lately, does that have anything to do with it?

If they die in the egg it has a red ring around the inside, or that's how it works with chicken eggs. (at least, early on.) Could one of the eggs have fallen out and she's sitting on it?

Just make sure they're shut in at night, and that there aren't any holes big enough for a possum or raccoon. Something kept snatching my ducks until we put chicken wire over the roof. We call our duck pen the duck palace :) good luck!

No, I think she may still be on the nest, and now a pekin is acting like she wants to start.

I have a broody duck who was doing great, sitting on her nest all the time, and had at least 18 eggs, and now, days or possibly hours away from when the eggs were due to hatch, all her eggs have disappeared!!! The other ducks in the pen were Giant Pekins, Welsh Harlequins, and Welsh Variagated...

As far as I know, ducks build nests when they need them. But my ducks use their nesting boxes as well as pretty much anywhere.

Ok, so I have a nesting duck and I don't know what to do about it. She built a nest in the back of the pen and there are eggs in it. She occasionally sits on it, but not as often as she used to. it's been hot lately, but still, she hasn't really been that motherly. Also, I think she's a Welsh...