Do I have a broody duck? Is there a possibility of it??

[Anime2lover]

I dont know wich of my three coampbess females it is, but this is the first time ive actually seen any kinda nest.

 

[sourland]

Nothing there to indicate broodiness. A broody duck hen will line the nest with down feathers and then start setting 24/7 leaving the nest only to eat and defecate.

 

[Anime2lover]

Nothing there to indicate broodiness. A broody duck hen will line the nest with down feathers and then start setting 24/7 leaving the nest only to eat and defecate.

Ok. Though why would they suddenly make a nest when theyve not done so before with their eggs??

 

[sourland]

Where have they been laying prior to this ? I would guess the straw falling out of the coop provided an attractive place to lay. They may eventually go broody there, but at the present time there is no indication of broodiness.

 

[Anime2lover]

Where have they been laying prior to this ? I would guess the straw falling out of the coop provided an attractive place to lay. They may eventually go broody there, but at the present time there is no indication of broodiness.

They hay is only (usually) put in their duck house. Though I did put some undernieth just a few days ago. It looked like that fresh hay instead of the older stuff in the house.

 

[Raenh]

Mine make nests every time they lay an egg, they scratch up a hole and pop the egg, it's just an indent, so the egg doesn't roll all over. Might be that the egg doesn't roll where they usually lay it and did out there.

 

[sylviethecochin]

I find that ducks usually only lay eggs in a single spot when they're thinking about going broody. Otherwise, they'll lay anywhere.

That said, my typical broody duck takes a lot more care than shown above to actually lay the eggs in the nest. I'd guess yours are thinking about it, but not very experienced at thinking about it.

As for lining the nests with feathers; my muscovies do that. The Pekins, Swedes, and Rouen do not. Even at the end of incubation, there are only a few stray dropped feathers, not the pile of fluff pulled by a Muscovy.

 

[sylviethecochin]

Mine make nests every time they lay an egg, they scratch up a hole and pop the egg, it's just an indent, so the egg doesn't roll all over. Might be that the egg doesn't roll where they usually lay it and did out there.

My muscovies do that. I see by your picture that you have muscovies; do your mallard-derived breeds (if any) also dig these ditches? Mine don't.

 

[Anime2lover]

I find that ducks usually only lay eggs in a single spot when they're thinking about going broody. Otherwise, they'll lay anywhere.

That said, my typical broody duck takes a lot more care than shown above to actually lay the eggs in the nest. I'd guess yours are thinking about it, but not very experienced at thinking about it.

As for lining the nests with feathers; my muscovies do that. The Pekins, Swedes, and Rouen do not. Even at the end of incubation, there are only a few stray dropped feathers, not the pile of fluff pulled by a Muscovy.

Definitely not e,perienced. Their only about a yr old, this I believe is their first spring since they were ducklings.

 

[Raenh]

I only just got 3 khaki campbells - 1 adult male and 2 babies, so I dont know yet.

My muscovies do that. I see by your picture that you have muscovies; do your mallard-derived breeds (if any) also dig these ditches? Mine don't.