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The communal nest with originally 11 eggs and three moms produced.... ONE duckling which looks to be an Appleyard (or, Harley) X Pekin cross. Big baby so I'm thinking : AppleYard. I apologize for mostly out of focus photos because I didn't want to overly excite the co-moms. Matilda now has...

Yes, I am glad she settled. I am working on building a little fenced in yard with mini pool (a small black rubber Fortex "feed" tub) so i can leave the crate door open during the day and she can have a stroll and go swimming without bossy flock buddies getting on the nest. The drake keeps...

Update. Yesterday morning I set up that really big predator proof dog crate (wire crate enclosed in 1/4 inch hardware cloth, so hopefully rat and weasel proof) filled with clean straw, food and water and ten clean newly laid duck eggs and left it with the door open while the flock milled around...

PS. I am thinking of gathering some fresh and clean eggs and setting them up in one of my predator proof super big dog crates and introducing ONE broody duck to the situation. I probably won't use Matilda as she has already been setting 30 days+ (I shooed her off the nest for 4-5 days before I...

good plan. Just came from DuckLand and it was a sad sight indeed. We were down to 5 possibly viable eggs scattered under the derrieres of 3 ducks yesterday morning, one externally pipped. This AM there were only four eggs, the pip gone and nowhere to be found. I (finally) did a quick candle of...

PS I have to go to work soon, so if folks weigh in here - and I thank all in advance - I will not respond till this evening. Cheers!

So I think I posted this story a bit yesterday on the new members forum. I have 7 ducks. Two 2-year-old Harlequin ducks, Snow White and Golden Girl, and their one - year-old daughter, Whistle-Peep (only hatchling from their communal nest of 12 eggs in May 2022.) Last May I (of course!) acquired...