Ok, well my mama duck has been sitting on 14+ eggs and she is due to have them this weekend or next. ( not sure which, i dont know when she started setting exactly)
Well I check on her everyday becuase I cant wait for ducklings!
She has been glued to the nest, it has been VERY rainy lately. She is in a large kennel that is protected by wooden boards on one two sides, another kennel on the other, and it is open in front.
All this is wrapped securely in more boards, rope, and a tarp over head and on the sides to top it off.
Well yesterday and today I have noticed an... odor when I poke my head it.
It smells faintly like an egg has busted. Could that be it or could it just be musty hay? I havent been able to change it out for over a month becuase she has decided to be little miss priss. All I can do is add more hay for her nest.
Any advice?
Also, she has been... a little more active since tuesday. When I peek my head in she usually just quacks at me, today she stood up, and keeps re arranging her eggs.
Does this behavior signal that it is almost hatching time? or what?
Help please!
( I wasnt sure if this should go here or in hatching and incubating, since mostly I am referring to mama's behavior)
Well I check on her everyday becuase I cant wait for ducklings!
She has been glued to the nest, it has been VERY rainy lately. She is in a large kennel that is protected by wooden boards on one two sides, another kennel on the other, and it is open in front.
All this is wrapped securely in more boards, rope, and a tarp over head and on the sides to top it off.
Well yesterday and today I have noticed an... odor when I poke my head it.
It smells faintly like an egg has busted. Could that be it or could it just be musty hay? I havent been able to change it out for over a month becuase she has decided to be little miss priss. All I can do is add more hay for her nest.
Any advice?
Also, she has been... a little more active since tuesday. When I peek my head in she usually just quacks at me, today she stood up, and keeps re arranging her eggs.
Does this behavior signal that it is almost hatching time? or what?
Help please!
( I wasnt sure if this should go here or in hatching and incubating, since mostly I am referring to mama's behavior)