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There were only two eggs left that weren’t cracked open. Mama has not been on the nest, so something else got to the eggs. I decided to dispose of the eggs in the river. The cracked ones went to the bottom, and the other two did too, with a little help from our crab net. I figured the eggs could...

Thank you for all your information. We are going to clean up the boat today, and if there are any eggs left, we’ll dispose of them the way you do. The three ducks (Mama and her two male friends) are in our yard, so I guess this is home base for them. I think Mama is still trying to stay close to...

Thanks for your reply. A neighbor said he saw an osprey in one of our cedar trees. That osprey tried to build a nest in our trawler boat, but my husband says he abandoned the effort. The trawler is opposite our smaller boat at the end of our pier. The osprey flies over our pier and yard all the...

Thanks. I wish I had done more, but it was a learning experience for me. If she has abandoned her nest, what should I do with the eggs?

It’s really puzzling. There’s no evidence that they were attacked and killed on the boat. The boat is high up on the lift, so raccoons or even a cat would have a hard time getting into the boat. We checked last night, and the nest has not been sat on, and the crumbles and water have not been...

That’s what we think, but what? Why was Mama duck swimming around the boat if the ducklings were gone? Do you think she was looking for them, or just staying close to her nest of 5 eggs? Would she decide to move the ducklings but not the nest? I think she would want to keep them all together...

We thought about doing this, but worried that they might drown, or that the Mama duck wouldn’t have anything to do with them. I didn’t look in on them last night because they had water and food. Today I had a dental appt and then we went to Tractor Supply Company to buy the duckling crumbles...

The boat needs to stay in the high position in the boat lift because of river tides. The board may not work because it would have to be in the water, which is about 6 ft. deep. No way to anchor the board at the bottom. I don’t know about her sitting on top of the ducklings, but I think she...

Thanks for your ideas. The boat cockpit has sides that are about 2 ft high, so we could possibly fashion a slide from leftover boat canvas and lower the boat on the lift so they slide into the water. We would need to put them on the top of the slide, and make sure Mama duck is watching so she...

Thanks for your reply. I’m going to ask my husband to build a crate, or buy one, that can wedge between the back of our shed and the neighbor’s fence. I have leftover boat canvas that could be fashioned to keep the rain out and hide the nest. Our yard is wide open-no real place to hide. If this...

The water is in shallow saucers. I’ll only feed them duckling crumbles. The ducklings were hatched in the boat, and they can’t easily get out of the boat. I don’t know how old they are. They fit in the palm of my hand, which is small. I really don’t know how Mama duck is going to get them out of...

I need advice about what to do with three ducklings that are in our boat cockpit along with their mama, who is sitting a nest of six eggs. The ducklings are not being taken into the river for water or food. Mama duck is either away from the nest or sitting the nest. I took saucers of water and...