Brianmiller1021
Chirping
- Feb 11, 2019
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I have a question. I have two Mallard duck, one male, one female. They will be one year old next month. They are quite a pair and I am fascinated by their personality.
In June of last year the female was laying eggs, but she was just dropping them in the yard. All total she laid 13and we tried incubating them in the house. They looked as though they were beginning to develop when we lost power for a few days and lost them. I don’t know if they would have hatched or not.
Recently, the end of December she began laying them again. Only this time she built a nest and began sitting on them. She built the nest outside of the hutch so we built another around her and put extra shavings and a heat lamp above the entrance where she is nesting. She has been sitting on them practically nonstop. However it has been over 6 weeks with no sign of hatching. I can’t get close enough to candle them and am afraid to pick them up.
Any comments, suggestions or any input to enlighten me as to what to do. If anything. Shouldn’t they have hatched by now?
Thanks, Brian
In June of last year the female was laying eggs, but she was just dropping them in the yard. All total she laid 13and we tried incubating them in the house. They looked as though they were beginning to develop when we lost power for a few days and lost them. I don’t know if they would have hatched or not.
Recently, the end of December she began laying them again. Only this time she built a nest and began sitting on them. She built the nest outside of the hutch so we built another around her and put extra shavings and a heat lamp above the entrance where she is nesting. She has been sitting on them practically nonstop. However it has been over 6 weeks with no sign of hatching. I can’t get close enough to candle them and am afraid to pick them up.
Any comments, suggestions or any input to enlighten me as to what to do. If anything. Shouldn’t they have hatched by now?
Thanks, Brian
