Old fashioned Broody thread for ducks 2013 edition

[keirys]

my egg is smaller then that lol its like a marble really rounded and i put it in an egg carton and it doesn't even fit the bottom if the egg carton it just rolls around in the like egg holder thing

lmao is it a poop egg you should take a pic & open it

 

[farmer boy]

i will try to tomorrow its 11 pm right now so i gotta go to sleep soon to do the birds in the morning and check on my broody duck .... i will take a pic of it beside a quarter and then crack it open and then take another pic of it opened or just do a quick video prob would be easier taking a video

 

[keirys]

sweet, night Farmboy !!!

Yeah I got to get up early to open the coop 6am sharp.

 

[farmer boy]

sweet, night Farmboy !!!

Yeah I got to get up early to open the coop 6am sharp.

wow 6 am lol mine have food in there at night so they can eat in the morning so i don't need to go really early so its good for me .. night to you to keirys

 

[Miss Lydia]

ok Miss Lydia I have no clue what im looking at. This is probably the last time im candling she's freaking ou t- she still hasnt pooped all day





rofl I put the wrong date on this egg

they look clear. how long has she been sitting now?

 

[keirys]

they look clear. how long has she been sitting now?

maybe 3-4 days?

 

[Miss Lydia]

maybe 3-4 days?

well then no wonder we can't see anything, where are the eggs now? if she isn't sitting on them since yesterday I'd just toss them. there must have been a reason she moved them out from under her.

 

[farmer boy]

miss lydia .. will my female duck sit on her nest until all of her eggs hatch ??

 

[keirys]

well then no wonder we can't see anything, where are the eggs now? if she isn't sitting on them since yesterday I'd just toss them. there must have been a reason she moved them out from under her.

Yeah she is sitting tight this morning hasnt moved an inch. Hasnt pooped since Monday

 

[Miss Lydia]

miss lydia .. will my female duck sit on her nest until all of her eggs hatch ??

She should fb unless the hatch is too scattered, like after about 3 days she is going to want to get up and care for her ducklings that have hatched. She just started sitting right? so they all didn't start to develop till that same day. There maybe a few days of hatching since she is on so many and since she is on so many all may not hatch either, it's harder for them to keep all the eggs warm when sitting on 19 or 20. But I think you'll get a good hatch. when hatch begins the next day put food and water close by so mama can show new ducklings where it is and she won't have to get up while waiting on the rest to hatch.