OMG I am so excited !!!!!!

[ProudRedneck]

This is what a fertilized egg looks like, right?

 

[ProudRedneck]

I cried some more after discovering this and panicked. I HAD to put all the eggs back immediately, before it was too late...if it wasn't already. Maybe the reason why there was no veins in the pictures was because Daffy just started sitting throughout the nights three or four days ago...I dunno. I just couldn't stop thinking about what if I pulled them to soon.

Daffy did not sit on the five eggs I left in her nest last night, she flattened her nest back out and 4 out of the 5 were uncovered on the top of the nest and she showed no interest or concern today over them.

After putting her eggs back in her nest today at noon and re-created the bowl shape, she has continued to check on them and both Daffy & Daisy behaved like they were welcoming their eggs back home as soon as they saw they were there again.

And a complete difference from last night, where she barely spent 5 minutes in the house before exiting again, she just exited the house after sitting on the eggs for 3 hours.

It was like, last night she seemed to act like, what's the point, most of my eggs are gone. Tonight, she seems to be enthusiastic about sitting again.

I can't say that I probably should have kept the eggs out because I had to do the only thing my heart would allow.

It has not been lost on me that I risk coming off as dismissing advice from more experienced poultry/waterfowl owners that know way more than I do about raising & hatching ducks. I beg of those to not feel like I won't listen and results in not offering further advice. I ask to try to understand and have compassion for how quickly I can get attached, and how difficult it is for me to not parallel my personal life with my babies' lives as I have a bit of trauma I am working through emotionally.

 

[Miss Lydia]

 

[ProudRedneck]

I'm thinking she is done laying eggs this go around. She has laid new eggs since Friday the 21st when I returned all the eggs back to her nest.

 

[Miss Lydia]

It's about time. LOL this girl needs a rest.

 

[ProudRedneck]

It's about time. LOL this girl needs a rest.

IKR? Should I stop the calcium supplement now? She's been getting it since the 18th.

For the data nerds on here...
Laid from 9/23/2022 - 10/21/2022
Eggs totaled - 26

normal - 24​

soft-shelled - 1​

oblong-shaped - 1​

 

[Miss Lydia]

No she will need to store up calcium for when she starts back if you just giving it to her on the side she’ll only use it as needed. Im talking about oyster shell.

 

[ProudRedneck]

No she will need to store up calcium for when she starts back if you just giving it to her on the side she’ll only use it as needed. Im talking about oyster shell.

Yeah I'm leaving the oyster shell as free choice.

I was wondering/asking if I should stop giving her the calcium glucagonate that I've been giving since she had the soft shell egg on the 18th.

 

[Miss Lydia]

I wouldn’t keep that up until she starts laying again and possibly lays a soft shell

 

[ProudRedneck]

I wouldn’t keep that up until she starts laying again and possibly lays a soft shell

I won't give it to her today and going forward. As always, thank you for being there