It was a group effort by her, the dad-oddly enough he was a great help and protector. And they had some human help it was her first clutch and she 13. I wish they stayed that cute and fuzzy!
You would need to be worried about the drake, they usually do not get kept together with ducklings. Drakes usually aren't involved with raising scovy ducklings, he just happened to be very gentle and helped keep them safe. Our mama muscovy was such a good mother, she hatched the eggs herself, it...
Very nice ducks, I like the color of lightening. It depends on yours Scovies some are great parents some are not. We lucked out and have amazing mama duck AND papa duck (not recommended unless you know your ducks well and have observed them closely) the ducklings always had access to shallow...