So the first week we had family friends who had wanted the ducklings, but they had changed their minds after the first week because they had their own successful hatch. I was trying to "break" her broodiness by lifting her off the nest because I was stupid since she had replaced one of the eggs...
Mhm, it really is. We have let a female duck hatch ducklings before, and she was a really good mom. They all survived, which is why I cannot keep this batch since we already have to many ducks due to her. I would love to keep them, but they deserve to go somewhere where they have more space. The...
So we have a broody Ancona duck who has been incubating 7 eggs for a couple weeks. They are pretty far along, but not fully formed yet. We didn't mean for them to get this far, we have been trying to break the hen's broodiness for over a week now. I would like to know a quick and easy way to...