Mystery Solved!
Left to Right: Mysterious Large egg , two Rouen duck eggs, and 1 Welsummer Chicken egg
My Knothead is a girl!! Thanks for all your help and input!
Knothead is not sitting on these eggs full time. They all go out to the lake in the morning and stay out all day. Knot head covers the nest with hay before going out for the day. It is not warm yet so I assume the eggs will not hatch. Do you think I should remove all the eggs and see what...
If it is a she, would she lay eggs without a mate? I assume her eggs would be larger than my ducks and I haven't seen any. Would she be more apt to lay if I removed the eggs?
Any thoughts?
Caughtcha!
Well, I caught Knot head on the nest when I had my camera.
Notice my Rouen drake going "What are you doing on my girls nest you crazy goose" LoL!
Ok let me first say I don't really know anything about geese. Then let me say that my "Knothead" adopted me and my ducks. I have 6 Rouen ducks and they spend the day on our community lake and come home every evening. About a year ago, we had 19 Canadian Geese visit our yard daily. I noticed...