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There are 2 ducks nesting.

I felt that would be best. It is so lonely by itself. I’m hoping a couple more will hatch. Thank you!

We are on a learning experience! Our Pekin Duck has been sitting for about 5 1/2 weeks and an egg has hatched! We found the duckling outside the pen. 😳. I took it and put it in a brooding box. It is lonely! Has anyone taken their babies at night to keep them safe and return them to the nest...

Thank you. I will get some at the feed store tomorrow and hopefully get rid of those ants.

Thank you for your response. I would love to leave them with their momma to see what happens. I just hate the thought of any of them being killed. But now I have another question. I noticed Jill, (the sitting duck) left her nest early today and stayed off of it all day long. I went in the...

My Pekin Duck has been sitting now for 2 weeks. This will be our first experience with newly hatched ducklings. Should I take them from the mom as soon as they are hatched? Could they stay with the mom for a longer period of time? The ducks free range during the day and are put in their bed at...

You are right! Relief but disappointed too. After reading the description of your candled eggs, I hope I didn't mess up. One of Jill's eggs looked like a little line was in it - a vein? Maybe it was developing? I really didn't know what I should be looking for. I should have googled it...

Well, not good news. We candles all five eggs and there is nothing. One end looks solid and the other end looks empty. And, she laid a new egg in the nest. So my husband just went out to take the eggs to bury them tomorrow, then I will take apart her nest. Hopefully, she will return to her...

Thank you. I will check an egg tomorrow if it isn't raining too hard. That's another concern - at times when she gets off the nest, she tucks the eggs in where you can hardly see them. Other times, her nest is wide open and her eggs are totally exposed. We will see if she leaves the nest in...

Yes, she did go back in the early afternoon and stayed on it the rest of the day. I didn't think the eggs were supposed to get cold? The next time she is off her nest I am going to try to candle a couple of them. She only has five eggs. How do you candle your eggs? This will be a first for...

I am going to try and candle an egg tomorrow. Can you tell me the easiest way to do it? If the duckling is fully developed what should I actually be looking for - movement or just a shape? So you said the egg won't retain heat if it isn't going to hatch. If it is a developing duckling will...

Well, I am concerned about our Jill and her nesting. It has been one month since she started setting on her eggs - no ducklings yet. She has been getting off her nest for long periods of time. This morning she was off of it before the frost melted - quite cold and she hasn't returned to it...

So cute! Ducklings are the absolute cutest things! I hope mine do as well as yours. :)

I love your video! Jill acts so much like that! Well, I am hoping the eggs hatch on one of our nice days this week. I certainly don't want them getting wet. And I had no idea the momma might kill them - eeek. I will be keeping a close eye on things. This is all totally new to me and very...

Very interesting. I can't see my duck, Jill, being so tolerant. A week or so ago, we were getting our driveway sealed so we had to get all the ducks in their pen and do it quickly because the men were ready to work. My husband told me to shoo her off her nest. Well, she wasn't budging and...

Did your duckling survive? I hope so. My ducks are so interesting. I have two drakes and two ducks. Now that Jill is busy on her nest, Jake has totally taken to Lucy. Poor Huey is the outsider. Jake won't let Huey anywhere near Lucy - very protective. So I am a little concerned about...

Thank you! Such good info! The flower bed where she has made her nest is against a rock cellar wall. It is somewhat hidden. I worry about predators too but I don't dare try to move her nest! We have stacked hay all around her too for warmth and protection. So I will corral her into the pen...

Thank you! Such good information! I'm so happy to know that she should be able to take care of her ducklings. Have you had any problems with the drake killing the babies? That has me a little concerned too, although Jill is very mean right now. I'm hoping she will protect her babies as well...

Thank you! I don't know about this adventure! Jill was tight to her nest for several days but the last couple of days she has spent at least an hour off her nest and it is quite cold! I would think that would not be good for her eggs! I was able to count her eggs and she only laid one more -...

Hello!! When she started setting she would leave her next for several hours in the evening. That's why I didn't think she was really serious. So I marked four eggs to leave in the nest and I would take her newly laid egg out each evening - trying to control the number of ducklings if they...