not sitting on eggs

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    My duck is covering her eggs with wood shaving but not sitting on them. What does that mean?

    Hi! For the last week or so I just thought my duck was only laying an egg every couple days but today I realized she is coving them up with the wood shavings but I don't ever see her sitting on them; she spend her day out in the yard. She is a rouen and sleeps in our chicken coop along with my...
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  2. Chicks 'n ducks

    broody hen is not actually sitting on her eggs

    I have a broody silkie hen that raised babies back in February. She had been broody for about 5 days when I gave her some baby chicks, who she cared for wonderfully. Now shes at it again but I don't have any baby chicks on hand to give her, so I gave her fertile eggs. But every time I check on...
  3. HuskerHens18

    Frizzle hen sitting on nothing, won't eat!

    I have had broody hens before, in fact I have 4 now sitting on eggs. But this Frizzle bantam, she is sitting on NOTHING. No rocks, no sticks, not even dust! Last week I found her sitting on top of a nesting box, not in it. She wouldn't come down to eat the cabbage treat I was handing out. So...
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