Can a goose hatch a duck egg

[JMETIM]

We lost our mama Mallard this morning. She was sitting on a nest on 3 fertilized eggs. We also have a goose on a nest. Will she hatch the eggs if we add these to her nest?

 

[scratch'n'peck]

Sorry to hear about mama mallard. The goose probably would incubate them. It is certainly worth a try. One consideration though, if the duck eggs hatch more than a few days earlier than the goose eggs she may be tempted to leave nest and stop incubation of her own eggs. Maybe if you just take the ducks from the nest when they hatch, you won't need to worry about that.

 

[reinvestment]

Yes but not take care of them. I had a hen which was "broody" and someone ask me to hatch wild duck eggs. She has no idea what she's Sitting on but keeps warm for their incubation. My hen didn't claim those little ducks at all!

 

[Miss Lydia]

My Muscovy duck sat on and hatched an Embden goose, never thought he was anything else than a duck. They were inseperable up till this past winter when he finally bonded with a goose I got for him last Aug. Him and his duck mama were together for over 5years before the goose came into his life.