plasticlobster
Chirping
- Apr 8, 2021
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So my broody girls just hatched out 9 adorable little ducklings (a 10th died very shortly after emerging). I was pretty good about going through the nest every few days and picking out the new eggs (I marked the ones I wanted them to hatch), but they must have buried one that I missed. I had to take the ducklings away and put them in a brooder because the three mamas were fighting over them and kept stepping on them. So now I have three broody ducks all sitting on or around one lone egg that hasn't pipped. I looked at the egg, noticed it wasn't marked, candled it, and it looks like it's a week or even two away from hatching, and it's the only one.
My girls have to be tired. One of them has done nothing but sit for 28 straight days with super minimal 10 minute breaks to eat, drink, and bathe. She's lost a considerable amount of weight.
What should I do with the other egg? I'm tempted to just make it disappear and break their broodiness entirely, and one duckling 1-2 weeks behind the rest doesn't seem ideal... Or should I let them hatch it out?
Photo of the ducklings just for cuteness tax. Mothers are khaki campbell and fawn & white runners, fathers are rouens and khaki campbells.
My girls have to be tired. One of them has done nothing but sit for 28 straight days with super minimal 10 minute breaks to eat, drink, and bathe. She's lost a considerable amount of weight.
What should I do with the other egg? I'm tempted to just make it disappear and break their broodiness entirely, and one duckling 1-2 weeks behind the rest doesn't seem ideal... Or should I let them hatch it out?
Photo of the ducklings just for cuteness tax. Mothers are khaki campbell and fawn & white runners, fathers are rouens and khaki campbells.