MartinFamilyHomestead
Songster
- Sep 6, 2020
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This is our first time trying to hatch eggs. We don’t have an incubator so we were going to let our hens hatch them. We have 2 hens and 2 drake (we are working on getting more hens to get a better ratio). One hen started laying. She laid one egg didn’t lay the next day and then laid again the day after. They get locked up every night. We’ve noticed they have moved the eggs around in their house but I had read that until they lay a clutch it is normal for them not to put the eggs together and lay on them. So we didn’t touch them and hoped they would be safe. We also have two fake eggs in there to encourage laying. This morning when going to let them out I noticed the two eggs we had are now gone. No remains so I am assuming the ducks ate them. We are open to any suggestions and recommendations or any explanation on why this happened and what to do to prevent it. Like I said we are new and maybe a little ignorant so please only helpful tips.. Thanks !!