Broody duck hatching questions help

[Cocpn]

Hi, I am new to having ducks, I have 4 ducks 3 female and one male and I have an Aylesbury broody duck that is sitting on her eggs for the last 2/3 weeks, i know the eggs were laid a least a week before she sat on them and now she’s sitting on them constantly, was she to late sitting on them to hatch, i candled a few of the eggs when she left the coop today to get food and all I can see is the yoke I can’t see anything else. I’m confused as to how long to leave them and how long till I just leave her sit on them for? Thanks for any help.

 

[nchls school]

Hi, I am new to having ducks, I have 4 ducks 3 female and one male and I have an Aylesbury broody duck that is sitting on her eggs for the last 2/3 weeks, i know the eggs were laid a least a week before she sat on them and now she’s sitting on them constantly, was she to late sitting on them to hatch, i candled a few of the eggs when she left the coop today to get food and all I can see is the yoke I can’t see anything else. I’m confused as to how long to leave them and how long till I just leave her sit on them for? Thanks for any help.

If the eggs are clear, no veins present, they are not going to develop. If you candled every egg an they were all clear, remove them and let the duck start over. Normally, a duck will lay an egg a day, or so, until the clutch is complete, then start brooding. Duck eggs, except muscovy-33-35 days, hatch in 26-28 days.

 

[Cocpn]

If the eggs are clear, no veins present, they are not going to develop. If you candled every egg an they were all clear, remove them and let the duck start over. Normally, a duck will lay an egg a day, or so, until the clutch is complete, then start brooding. Duck eggs, except muscovy-33-35 days, hatch in 26-28 days.

Thank you for your advice really appreciate it. If I was to take the eggs away, will I do it without her seeing me and how will that effect her .

 

[Miss Lydia]

Wait till she comes out to eat. Take them then it will take some time for her hormones to get back to normal so don't worry if she goes back and sits on an empty nest.

 

[Cocpn]

Wait till she comes out to eat. Take them then it will take some time for her hormones to get back to normal so don't worry if she goes back and sits on an empty nest.

Thank you will do and maybe next time she might get on them quicker and it might be successful.

 

[nchls school]

Thank you for your advice really appreciate it. If I was to take the eggs away, will I do it without her seeing me and how will that effect her .

The duck in my picture hatched ducklings about two weeks ago which were sold. In those two weeks she made a nest, laid a new clutch of eggs, and is now brooding full time.

Your duck will do much the same. It does not matter if she sees you taking the eggs.

 

[New duck mommy 2021]

Hi, I am new to having ducks, I have 4 ducks 3 female and one male and I have an Aylesbury broody duck that is sitting on her eggs for the last 2/3 weeks, i know the eggs were laid a least a week before she sat on them and now she’s sitting on them constantly, was she to late sitting on them to hatch, i candled a few of the eggs when she left the coop today to get food and all I can see is the yoke I can’t see anything else. I’m confused as to how long to leave them and how long till I just leave her sit on them for? Thanks for any help.

How old is your duck ? Did you candle all the eggs as often other ducks will add to a broody ducks nest daily giving you all ages of hatch time
I have read others mark the original ones with a x a r something and continue to remove fresh eggs added

 

[7th_Arch_Angel]

I hope this is the right place to come. I have a brooding Mallard (Ducky). She's about 10 days from the hatch. Lately, she's been panting heavily, and breathing rapidly. I've given her cool water...she'll take a few sips, and continue panting. The temps here have been near 90 for the past few days, so I try to keep the water available. (This is my first experience with a Mallard hen in my flowerbed) She's been attacked twice: once by a raccoon, and once by a feral cat. Those have been weeks ago. I put peppermint oil and cayenne pepper around the flowerbed. That seems to have worked.
Is the panting and rotating on the nest natural behaviour? She's becoming aggressive too. She pecked at me when I brought her water. She's never done that before.
(She's wild, so any 'hands-on' contact is out of the question) There's a small lake behind my property where she could go to cool off, but lately, she won't leave the nest. Any advice would be graciously appreciated. Thanks!

 

[Miss Lydia]

Best you can do is give her some shade. It gets hot sitting on a nest and now that she’s committed she won’t want to go far. Can you set up something close by with water in it so she can bathe And not have to go to the lake? And nipping is normal she is no protecting her nest. She’ll even stand up over her eggs to cook them if they over heat their instincts are amazing. Hope she makes it to hatch. Please I let us know.

 

[7th_Arch_Angel]

Best you can do is give her some shade. It gets hot sitting on a nest and now that she’s committed she won’t want to go far. Can you set up something close by with water in it so she can bathe And not have to go to the lake? And nipping is normal she is no protecting her nest. She’ll even stand up over her eggs to cook them if they over heat their instincts are amazing. Hope she makes it to hatch. Please I let us know.

All I have is a styrofoam cooler, about 24" high Do I fill it to the top? I really don't have anything to shade her with. I don't think she'll take too well with an umbrella. There's shade coming over the flowerbed as we speak, so maybe that will help. Now about the cooler....to the top or half way? And, will she know there's water in it? Please forgive my ignorance, but I'm new at this.*