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Introducing ducklings to broody duck
Our Khaki Campbell duck has sat on her eggs for five weeks now... I think she's in denial, and it's unlikely that her eggs will hatch. MAYBE! We did sneak some other eggs under her a few days after we noticed she had been sitting for a while, and didn't keep track which ones they were. In... -
How long can gestating eggs be out from under their Mom?
It looks as if one of our other ducks is chasing off her sister who is broody and has been sitting on her eggs for nearly three weeks. The game cam that we put on them shows that half of her eggs were kicked out and have been out from under her for 8 hours. Do these eggs even have a chance of... -
Moving all her eggs from her nest after sitting for nearly three weeks?
Thank you! Yes, this morning, she had only moved 14 out of her nest, and I candled them, and see that 9 of them were totally dark inside. I don't know how to candle effectively, I'm not sure what is a rotten egg or what is actually a gestating duckling. None of them smell. Also, I wonder how... -
Moving all her eggs from her nest after sitting for nearly three weeks?
We have a barnyard mix of 8 ducks, and our Khaki Campbell is broody, sitting on about 30 eggs, that her sisters have also contributed to. She has been sitting on the eggs for nearly three weeks now! The last two days though, in the morning, when we come to let them out of their house, ALL the...