I officislly have THREE co-brooding duckers.
theres Stencil, who was brooding first, her mallard mix baby died when it hatched way too early, so then my mallard mouse's single baby Zip hatched, I was thinking that two blue swed. babies would soon follow, NOPE candling the eggs I found that there was two wiggling, moving babies within the eggs, but they were only about 1 1/2 week,-2 weeks along, that was almost a week ago, after candling I put them in Stencil's nestbox, wich she was sitting on nothing, she took them, then a few days ago, Rosilee decided to join her and started laying eggs in the nest box, she's got two right now.
THEN Akai joined in, making the Duo and Trio, she's since layed 2?, eggs..I've been pulling all but the two blue swedish eggs, wich I candled again, they've grown alot, but I didn't see any movement in them either, but they don't smell off, they smell like duck, and alittle urine-y(nest box was an old rabbit nest box that I cleaned out).
now, as far as I know, Rosilee and Akai are "brooding" but! they're still LAYING.
I have NO idea who will take over what once all these babies hatch
Ideally Stencil will take the two swed. babies once/if they hatch.
I'm having a hard time deciding on whether or not to just mark the current eggs, and leave them, or take them until the two swed eggs hatch, then whoever take them, take them, I just don't want the babies LIVING in the nest box and starving while everyone keeps sitting *pant pant*
anyone had any experiance with this?, cause I hasnt!
theres Stencil, who was brooding first, her mallard mix baby died when it hatched way too early, so then my mallard mouse's single baby Zip hatched, I was thinking that two blue swed. babies would soon follow, NOPE candling the eggs I found that there was two wiggling, moving babies within the eggs, but they were only about 1 1/2 week,-2 weeks along, that was almost a week ago, after candling I put them in Stencil's nestbox, wich she was sitting on nothing, she took them, then a few days ago, Rosilee decided to join her and started laying eggs in the nest box, she's got two right now.
THEN Akai joined in, making the Duo and Trio, she's since layed 2?, eggs..I've been pulling all but the two blue swedish eggs, wich I candled again, they've grown alot, but I didn't see any movement in them either, but they don't smell off, they smell like duck, and alittle urine-y(nest box was an old rabbit nest box that I cleaned out).
now, as far as I know, Rosilee and Akai are "brooding" but! they're still LAYING.
I have NO idea who will take over what once all these babies hatch
Ideally Stencil will take the two swed. babies once/if they hatch.
I'm having a hard time deciding on whether or not to just mark the current eggs, and leave them, or take them until the two swed eggs hatch, then whoever take them, take them, I just don't want the babies LIVING in the nest box and starving while everyone keeps sitting *pant pant*
anyone had any experiance with this?, cause I hasnt!
