Mama duck killing babies?

[Weeg]

Yes, the chicken could incubate them too, but its a bit risky.

 

[NellyCrowe]

Thanks for your help. We’re in the fourth to fifth week. This started last week and continued into this week.

 

[Weeg]

Keep us posted. Any duckies yet? I hope so, if not it sound like exactly what happened to me. If you don’t have duckies yet, try and candle them, and send us a picture. If they hatched, I love pics!

 

[NellyCrowe]

No babies yet. I finally put the other two ducks back in with mama. All they did was yell to each other. Now they are calm. I may be getting an incubator tomorrow which will be a great help. Nothing from the eggs I’ve got in the bathroom with heat at 100 and a bathtub full of water to help the humidity levels. Spraying in a regular basis too. It’s a Hail Mary Pass but better than doing nothing.

Keep us posted. Any duckies yet? I hope so, if not it sound like exactly what happened to me. If you don’t have duckies yet, try and candle them, and send us a picture. If they hatched, I love pics!
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[Weeg]

Could you take picture of the eggs candled and post them here? Then we can tell if they are alive or not. Good luck, but no babies yet makes me suspicious.

 

[NellyCrowe]

Thanks for your interest. It will sort itself out. I’ll let you know what happens.

 

[NellyCrowe]

Hallelujah!

At long last we have some positive news from the duck yard. Mama Zelda hatched out two very beautiful babies two days ago. One black, one brown. She still has many eggs she is sitting on. I also put an egg from my Welsh Harlequin into her clutch.

Pictures to follow.