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[TherryChicken]

Hens? Don't you mean ducks? Why separate them? Don't they do well co sitting. The ducks around here do.

lol female ducks are called hens too and because they could fight over babies and get them hurt or the drake can hurt them.

 

[TherryChicken]

Poor bellatrix lost her nest of 15 eggs due to the rain. Idk how it got wet as we covered the coop with a tarp, but it did. So it was soaked and sitting in about 3 inches of water.

tossed them, and relocated the nest only giving her 6 eggs due to that being all I had.

then when she finally found them she started chirping and wagging her tail. She hadn't been in the nest box for the whole day which made me check.

 

[TherryChicken]

 

[Buck Oakes]

I would either give one female all the eggs or get some more pens/coops

 

[Buck Oakes]

Why did u throw out the eggs, if eggs are submerged they still live , they have air inside the egg and don't even breathe until it's time to hatch

 

[TherryChicken]

Why did u throw out the eggs, if eggs are submerged they still live , they have air inside the egg and don't even breathe until it's time to hatch

because they were sitting in water and eggs will collect water as they sit.. idk how long they were like that. Dirty nasty water plus growing embryos=infection somewhere down the line. It smelt like a sewer.

 

[TherryChicken]

I would either give one female all the eggs or get some more pens/coops

I am going to try and find ways for the other two

 

[TherryChicken]

Ok well bellatrix moved the eggs so I moved the hay where she moved the eggs and put the eggs on top. Now she is happy

 

[akimi2000]

Are Muscovy ducks territorial?

 

[Buck Oakes]

It depends on the duck , some are just more aggressive than others