Quick and easy way to kill pretty far-along duck eggs?

[CastleCoop]

2-3 weeks will let the momma duck teach them 'how to duck' and 'wean' them.

Alright, thank you so much.

 

[Miss Lydia]

And enjoy watching mama and ducklings. It’s really precious

 

[aart]

we have been trying to break the hen's broodiness for over a week now.

How are you trying to break her..and where are the eggs while you do that?

 

[CastleCoop]

And enjoy watching mama and ducklings. It’s really precious

Mhm, it really is. We have let a female duck hatch ducklings before, and she was a really good mom. They all survived, which is why I cannot keep this batch since we already have to many ducks due to her. I would love to keep them, but they deserve to go somewhere where they have more space. The ducks we have now have enough space, but if we added 7 more it would be very crowded and chaotic haha.

 

[Miss Lydia]

I don’t think you’ll have a bit of problems finding homes.Ancona are beautiful ducks. Be sure to post on your state thread too.

 

[CastleCoop]

How are you trying to break her..and where are the eggs while you do that?

So the first week we had family friends who had wanted the ducklings, but they had changed their minds after the first week because they had their own successful hatch. I was trying to "break" her broodiness by lifting her off the nest because I was stupid since she had replaced one of the eggs I had taken away earlier, and I was worried that she would keep replacing them. So I thought that taking her off the nest consistently would discourage her and I would be able to move the eggs up to the incubator in our house so that they wouldn't have to die. I made this thread just in case, I knew I probably wasn't going to let them die but I wanted to hear what you guys thought. I have decided to let her hatch them though because it isn't super easy to discourage a broody duck, and I am going to rehome the ducklings.

 

[Percipen]

If you're on facebook, I have the best luck finding homes on my local farm, duck, and chicken facebook groups. We even have a backyard chickens michigan group