- Oct 30, 2013
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My female call duck, who is the mother of all my call ducks was continuously laying eggs in a nest she had made in a hedgerow...last night was quite rainy but she persisted to sit on her eggs so I left it to her, but I went down to check later that night and there was no sign of her on the nest so I searched the garden, fields, rivers and road with a flashlight but no sign of her which is very unusual as she never wanders far...so after nearly an hour of searching for her I decided to continue my search in the morning as she may just have been sheltering somewhere else from the rain...so afternoon has come today and still no sign of her despite all the calling of her call duck family and her nest now has no eggs in it, but no obvious signs of destruction? The only real predators around here are foxes and rats..but I have kept ducks for many years and have not had one problem with one of these predators! So my question is does anyone now what might have happened to her and her eggs?! Any answers will be appreciated!
Do you think it was a fox? Another of my call ducks (the daughter of the one that went missing) was also sitting on a nest close by and nothing touched her during the night? That's why I was confused about it being a fox as I taught if he was on the prowl would he not have taken the other duck and her eggs too? :/
