Long story short
A lady bought duck eggs from me for her goose. At day 19 she told me the goose left them
She didn’t own a bator and asked me if I wanted to try with mine. 24 hours after she left the nest I got 3 eggs back
I had little hope but all 3 hatched
They are protecting the female
Some drakes do fine but others do kill
I made a pen within my coop for my broody girl who hatched
This kept everyone away but could see the babies
At about 2 weeks I let mom bring them out with the flock