Muskovy duck sitting on dead eggs?

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Will do! I had to close up the birds early today due to the weather so, I don't think I'm going to see her get up off of the nest today. I did just go in there and I'm 90% sure I heard some baby cheeps coming from the nest. It's hard to hear with my chickens in there, but I got a few quiet moments.
 
Well mom still wont let me take a close look, but today I see at least one empty egg shell and am definitely hearing a chick. So we have at least one chick! I can see there's still other eggs unhatched that she's sitting on.
 
We have 3 ducklings!! She just brought them outside for the first time today. They're adorable :D.
Unfortunately we still have a lot more eggs in the nest that she's no longer sitting on. Is there something we should be doing about those, or are they all goners?
 
I did candle the eggs yesterday. There were a few that didn't look good, and a few that still look like they could hatch.
I've been putting duckling feed close to the nest, and the water isn't too far away. I just went out a little while ago and found that she had kicked out one of the bad eggs (had a crack). I also scooted the adult feed closer to the nest, and poured some more duckling feed. That really upset her! She attacked the bag of food as I was pouring it. After that she left the nest for a bit, but I think she may have gone back, so maybe she'll try to hatch the eggs that are still good. She's obviously still checking them out since she kicked out the bad one. I guess we'll wait and see!
 

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