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LOL! You caught me - I'm intimidated by a mad mama duck! No new babies today. Will have some help tomorrow with checking on the remaining eggs. This batch totally caught us off guard so we weren't prepared (obviously). It's really a communal nest that gets duck, geese, and infertile chicken eggs...

Thanks so much! She does have her own food and water nearby, and I have meal worms on hand I can add. We took the ducklings mainly because they're in an area where our Swedish drake and Buff geese can get to them. The goose has killed chickens before...it just seemed like a big risk. Also, the...

Another Black hatched this afternoon, so there are five eggs left. Mama is starting to look really thin - hope she can finish up soon! Do you think putting the babies in a brooder was the right thing to do? I feel so mean taking them away from her...

That's possible! In fact, there were even a few chicken eggs in there that we removed. Dad was a Black Swedish, mom a Blue.

Our first-time Swedish mama is hatching a duckling about every other day. Is this normal? She's on a clutch of eight eggs. The ones that have hatched so far seem sturdy and were quick to eat and drink. We put them in a brooder since mama seems more interested in the remaining eggs than the...