First Time Duck owner.... Female won't brood...help!!

[KodaB15]

I have 4 ducks, 1 female to 3 males. She just started laying on Wednesday and is not brooding. When I looked at the egg with a light it looked to be fertilized, but it may be too early to tell, idk. I don't know what I should do, I should eat them, get an incubator and try that or if I should just leave them to see if she gets the natural instinct to brood them. She also layed her first egg on the creek bank that is in the back yard, I them in the pen till this morning and found 2 more eggs but just out in the open. How can I get her to lay in a nesting box, or even just in the coop itself? Please help!! Suggestions are needed, please. Thank you!!

 

[duluthralphie]

How many Dux do you want, or need?

If you don't need them, eat the eggs. Remember every bird that hatches is a bird you have to buy feed for.

 

[KodaB15]

How many Dux do you want, or need?

If you don't need them, eat the eggs. Remember every bird that hatches is a bird you have to buy feed for.

I live in a city like area so I really do not want any more ducks. Even if they are fertilized you can eat them after they are hatched?

 

[duluthralphie]

Pardon??

You mean eat the eggs after they have been incubated???? I suppose but




If you mean can you eat a fertilized egg, sure you can.

 

[chickens really]

Collect your Duck eggs daily...Yes you can eat fertilized eggs as long as you collect them daily...Ducks are easy...If you do not want Ducklings and she decides to Brood at some point?..Destroy the nest and she will never think about it...

 

[KodaB15]

Pardon??

You mean eat the eggs after they have been incubated???? I suppose but

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If you mean can you eat a fertilized egg, sure you can.

Haha no I mean eat the eggs daily. Sorry if I was unclear.

 

[Krazyquilts]

Haha no I mean eat the eggs daily. Sorry if I was unclear.

Our Drake enthusiastically attempts to ensure that every duck egg we eat is fertilized. Just collect them every day. Fertilized eggs can be used just like unfertilized ones as long as the momma duck hasn't been sitting on them.

 

[KodaB15]

Our Drake enthusiastically attempts to ensure that every duck egg we eat is fertilized. Just collect them every day. Fertilized eggs can be used just like unfertilized ones as long as the momma duck hasn't been sitting on them.

She has not. The 3 she has layed I have in a nesting box and nothing. So I will just start collecting them. How do you suggest they be stored, on the counter or in the fridge?

 

[chickens really]

Fridge .....

 

[Krazyquilts]

I LOVE https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B00XDKVBJS/ref=oh_aui_search_detailpage?ie=UTF8&psc=1 this egg holder. I keep it on my counter and don't wash the eggs until I go to use them. They'll last for weeks and weeks like that as long as they aren't dirty. Dirty eggs go on a little egg plate (like the kind hard boiled eggs are served on) and get used first.