Duck moving eggs

[nayeli]

I noticed that my duck had laid one place one day, and somewhere else the next. Today I noticed three eggs in one nest, which means she moved them together... does this mean she is becoming broody, and just waiting til she has enough to sit?

 

[Amiga]

Hard to say - based on my runners, seems they go with the feeling to an extent, and of my nine runners I have three who will occasionally go full broody. We have many little semi-broody behaviors, though.

Sometimes they will gather eggs, sometimes not, sometimes someone will sit on a nest until the gang goes outside, etc. etc. Sometimes one will demand she be returned to the night pen to sit on a nest, and then demand immediate return to the Day Pen after a couple of hours.