Duck gone broody

[harvestmoonGal]

I have 1 mallard and 3 Pekin ducks, all females. Today I went out to the coop and a egg was in the middle of the ground. I go back to the house and got my bucket to collect eggs with and when I came back my mallard had moved the egg. She was sitting on it and putting sticks around her! The eggs aren't fertile but can she still go broody?

 

[sourland]

When the broody instinct hits, hens (both chicken and duck) will set on anything resembling an egg - even on an empty nest. A male is not needed for hens to go broody.

 

[harvestmoonGal]

Thanks!