I have a Call hen who is housed in a ground pen with her brother and sister both the girls are laying and I have been collecting their eggs.
There hasn't been a egg in the past week in the usual nesting spot and I thought they were done laying until I found a hidden nest 3 days ago w/8 eggs made of leaves and covered in feathers.
One of the hens was on it and I thought nothing of it till today seems I been seeing the same duck on the nest the last 3 days and she has went broody.
It's in a awkward place it's in the back of their shelter and a portion say 25% is sticking out the back all I can see is her tail so the potential for her nest getting wet or soaked is very high.
I will not allow these eggs to hatch as these ducks are to closely related Brother/Sister and there could be genetic problems.
My question is with the position the nest is in can I remove her eggs put in some Grey call eggs and her still be broody?
What about the nest will it harm the eggs if it gets wet from the rain?
I don't want to lose my Grey Call eggs i was going to put them in the incu and get a marginal hatch.
But I also don't want to miss the chance to use this broody as I know the hatch rate will be much higher under her than in a incu.
I would be removing her and the ducklings as soon as they hatch and placing them in a safe pen as the ground pen wouldn't be safe for the ducklings.
There hasn't been a egg in the past week in the usual nesting spot and I thought they were done laying until I found a hidden nest 3 days ago w/8 eggs made of leaves and covered in feathers.
One of the hens was on it and I thought nothing of it till today seems I been seeing the same duck on the nest the last 3 days and she has went broody.
It's in a awkward place it's in the back of their shelter and a portion say 25% is sticking out the back all I can see is her tail so the potential for her nest getting wet or soaked is very high.
I will not allow these eggs to hatch as these ducks are to closely related Brother/Sister and there could be genetic problems.
My question is with the position the nest is in can I remove her eggs put in some Grey call eggs and her still be broody?
What about the nest will it harm the eggs if it gets wet from the rain?
I don't want to lose my Grey Call eggs i was going to put them in the incu and get a marginal hatch.
But I also don't want to miss the chance to use this broody as I know the hatch rate will be much higher under her than in a incu.
I would be removing her and the ducklings as soon as they hatch and placing them in a safe pen as the ground pen wouldn't be safe for the ducklings.
