Sun Hatched.

[Metz]

Anyone know if it would be possible for the hot summer sun to incubate eggs, 40° day 30° night ?
So I only have 2 mallard hens and I know for a fact neither of them was sitting a nest, when suddenly 5 tiny chicks turn up from nowhere !!! One of the 2 hens claims them and we put them all into a safe compound. We lost one however the other 4 have thrived with her looking after them and are now 5 week's old.
Very interesting colours as well, we have a 'snowy' drake that started off with similar markings.

 

[Nigel27]

Do you have chickens!? That’s really weird, something must’ve sat on them, unless someone dropped them off.

 

[swampfox440]

Great ! The good Lord works in mysterious ways.

 

[swampfox440]

Do you have chickens!? That’s really weird, something must’ve sat on them, unless someone dropped them off.

I have had this happen two times with ducks where someone dropped them off . Full grown ducks .

 

[Metz]

Do you have chickens!? That’s really weird, something must’ve sat on them, unless someone dropped them off.

Nobody would have dropped them off, we are in the middle of nowhere and ducks are not too common in Cyprus.
Possible one of my moscovi hens sat them but normally they stick to the nesting boxes and these were not in one of the boxes for sure.

 

[swampfox440]

Wow!