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One of our Khaki Campbells has gone broody and it out by our clothes line sitting on more eggs than she can cover (maybe 30 or so) - should I candle and remove some eggs and also move her to to a safer spot like in the duck house (it is a very large one and none of the other 40 ducks are using it right now?? I just wondered if you can move a duck nest like you can move chickens to a brooder house.
 
One of our Khaki Campbells has gone broody and it out by our clothes line sitting on more eggs than she can cover (maybe 30 or so) - should I candle and remove some eggs and also move her to to a safer spot like in the duck house (it is a very large one and none of the other 40 ducks are using it right now?? I just wondered if you can move a duck nest like you can move chickens to a brooder house.
It can be done just make sure to get as much nesting material as you can she is pardon the pun a sitting duck where she is. Candle and smell all eggs before putting them inside and putting mom in there with them once you have taken care of all eggs that are no good put mom inside and close the door make sure she has food and water for a couple days once she is settled in you can let her come and go to do her business I'd put some thing large over the nest outside once you move her to discourage her from wanting to go back . Some ducks don't take to being moved but I've done 2 and a member moved one of his yesterday and she stuck. so it can be done, main thing is they are completely committed to the eggs at this point
 
are they like silkie chickens broody or just commonly broody?
VERY broody I had one last year who started in April was broody up until Sept when I finally was able to convince her she wasn't going to hatch anything. We had a no hatch year but trying to convince Muscovy's is near to impossible.
 

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