Old fashioned Broody thread for ducks 2013 edition

[Miss Lydia]

I took out 12 eggs and left her 5.. I also egg opened all of them & it seems they all never made it past the first week.

they are following her around like shes there mom....



so far so good

Also she wont let me near them. When I get close she runs towards me & tries to bite.....

Now you can remove the rest of the eggs she is full fledged mom. They look like a happy family to me.

 

[keirys]

Like I said, they don't seem to be as picky about taking on youngins - big hearts on those ducky girls.

Tan, is there someplace else you can move her she may like better? Or put her in a smaller carrier where she has to sit?
Some people do hatch out on a heating pad or under a light bulb if you don't have an incubator. Sorry. Good luck!

TY !!!!!!!!!!!!! they follower her around and everything even though they are a bit older....I am just glad I had these 2 here !!!

she seems to have perked up a bit since I put these 2 with her.

 

[Miss Lydia]

TY !!!!!!!!!!!!! they follower her around and everything even though they are a bit older....I am just glad I had these 2 here !!!

she seems to have perked up a bit since I put these 2 with her.

She looks great and being a mom compliments her very much, yes you were very blessed to have had those 2 babies to give her.

 

[Tanichca]

She's really intolerant of me touching her, so I'm not sure if i could move her. She stepped on an egg the other day, killing the baby inside, so I don't want to make her mad enough to do that again. I'd really like the baby to imprint on her, because I'm leaving next week and I don't want my sister to have to worry about caring for a lone baby duck.

 

[keirys]

Now you can remove the rest of the eggs she is full fledged mom. They look like a happy family to me.

Eggs what eggs shes abandoned them lol

I am just soo happy for her

 

[Miss Lydia]

Eggs what eggs shes abandoned them lol

I am just soo happy for her

Yay no more eggs!!!

 

[Tanichca]

Well, she did exactly what I thought she would... stomped the last egg into a pulp. Baby had no chance.

 

[DaytonDuckMom]

Mrs. Duck is still not moving.

The waiting is killing me!

I could so feel your agony! Hang in there!

 

[DaytonDuckMom]

I didn't know what else to do so I gave her the 2 7 day olds they went under her right away im watching them close.

Oh no...that poor baby! I'll keep my fingers crossed she takes to the little ones

 

[DaytonDuckMom]

Ok my khaki is still sitting on eggs. I've marked some at the very beginning when I noticed and the first markings were May 16th. She's been separated now for over 2 weeks and really taking care of them. Nothing yet and I was wondering if this is too long for these eggs. I don't smell anything going bad and when she does get off of them (which is just for a short time) I look into the nest and I don't see anything starting. Any ideas? I don't know anything about candling so I haven't tried it yet. Just not sure if I should be concerned at this point.

If she will let you sneak in there and take a few I would candle. My ducks did the same thing and I finally found most all of them were unfertilized. Luckily...after a few deaths and lots of yolkers....they finally had 2 hatch. Out of 34.

Keep us posted!