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When chicken chicks hatch under a hen, the mother will feed them or one is supposed to put food and water too close to the eggs being incubated by the mother?

Since I mentioned in another thread also about ducks nesting on the ground. I want to motivate them to nest at a safer place. Now I know a good place, how do I make them lay eggs at this new place?

daisies, appreciate your input.

Ok, my duck decided to nest on the ground under a tree. And they have been laying eggs there for some time but none of the ducks have decided to sit on the eggs yet. It rained and eggs got a little wet. Now I picked them up. Is there a chance the eggs that got slightly wet can hatch once a duck...

Well, then I will let her hatch those 3 eggs of her own. I have about a dozen or maybe more duck eggs. Maybe a duck of mine go broody soon.

Thankyou all But I guess, it is of no use now I never had a broody hen before. So didn't know my hen was broody, I found out when she didn't came out of her roosting area today, she was continuously sitting on eggs. Today all day I waited for her to get out of her nest to eat or drink. I...

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One of my hens is broody, can i put some duck eggs under her?

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I have a few ducks, and they have been laying eggs for about 3 months. The process of hatching eggs is like chickens? One of the ducks will get broody and I will place eggs in her nest and it will sit on the eggs and after a few weeks voila! ... ? What should I know about ducks and hatching...

Do you keep them caged in a comparatively small space or they are free to roam around?

My decision to feed a natural diet instead of a commercial one wasn't due to some necessity, it was a choice I made. Commercial feed is more easily available than grains. I get wheat from one store, millet from another, same is with most of the other stuff. However commercial feed is way easier...