- Oct 16, 2014
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I have 3 laying chickens and 3 Mallards- 2 ducks 1 drake. My ducks have made a nest in a doggie igloo and have 20 eggs so far...I am getting anxious for them to stay with the eggs. Today I found that one of the eggs had been eaten by something (probably my shitzu) so I wiped off the residual yolk from the other eggs and put fresh shavings at the bottom because it was starting to smell. I hope I did the right thing and I hope mother nature kicks in with my 2 ducks because 10 days is approaching fast!
My silkie chicken is very broody and likes to lay on the duck eggs a little each day to lay her egg. Is this going to be a problem?
I am a newbie so any advice would be appreciated!!
Thanks,
Carolyn
My silkie chicken is very broody and likes to lay on the duck eggs a little each day to lay her egg. Is this going to be a problem?
I am a newbie so any advice would be appreciated!!
Thanks,
Carolyn
and Welcome To BYC! Good luck with your ducks! Hopefully you'll get some good suggestions over on the Duck forum. You might want to mark the duck eggs by date and collect them until you have as many eggs as you want them to set, then replace the older eggs with the newer eggs as the days go on and use the extra eggs to eat etc if you want ... you can leave fake eggs in the nest until the duck goes broody then give her back the real eggs. That way you don't waste eggs if they don't go broody anytime soon.
