Broody duck, please help

[RouenDuckiesMom]

I need help. My duck Sunny is broody and is insisting on sitting on eggs that aren't fertile.

I know I can just collect the eggs, and I always have. But now that she is broody, she gets very stressed if I collect the eggs and starts searching everywhere for them and quacking loudly. She is my only duck who does this, and out of my ducks she is the youngest and my baby, so it's heartbreaking to see her all stressed out.

So I've let her keep these since yesterday while I've been searching everywhere for someone that can sell me some fertile eggs that I can replace hers with. I know she wants to be a mom, I don't want to take that from her. I don't want her to sit on unfertile eggs and be sad when they don't hatch, but my search for eggs so far has been futile.

What should I do??

 

[BoundlessLove]

Do have a farmer’s market or Mennonite village nearby?
If so, you could buy the duck eggs. I’d guess the eggs would be fertile.
Also, check EBay for duck hatching eggs. Just make sure they have good feedback.
I found an EBay seller - 6 duck eggs for $18 free shipping. Good feedback.

 

[RouenDuckiesMom]

Do have a farmer’s market or Mennonite village nearby?
If so, you could buy the duck eggs. I’d guess the eggs would be fertile.
Also, check EBay for duck hatching eggs. Just make sure they have good feedback.
I found an EBay seller - 6 duck eggs for $18 free shipping. Good feedback.

Could you please send me the link?

 

[BoundlessLove]

Of course!
Let me pull it back up and will send it.

 

[BoundlessLove]

https://ebay.us/m/9Uz1q5

 

[RouenDuckiesMom]

https://ebay.us/m/9Uz1q5

Thank you so much! Did the eggs you ordered hatch?

 

[SJS66]

I have muscovie hens like that, they get obsessed with being broody. If I collect all the eggs they get all freaked out too. I solved that with a couple wooden eggs. A couple stopped laying but still guard those wooden orbs like the world depends on it.

 

[ChickenChick46]

Here is another ebay link:

https://ebay.us/m/qaewM3

I'm not sure where you're located, but you can just search ebay for "duck hatching eggs" and even specify a certain breed if you want. I have never hatched mail order eggs, but I know of plenty of success stories, both with broody moms and incubated eggs.

Good luck!