What are they doing with their eggs?!

[sirenafarms]

Hello all,
I have 4 Khaki Campbell ducks almost a year old. Almost a month ago I decided to experiment and left them some eggs to sit on. Two of them became broody. I added eggs and had a total of nine eggs. I started noticing that some of the eggs were missing. Then I added four more eggs. Today there was just one egg in their nest. Two of them alternate sitting on them. I am so confused. I've looked everywhere in their pen and coop and can't find these eggs. There are no cracked shells, no yolks anywhere. Have you experienced this?

Thanks,

mama sirena

 

[sourland]

It's very likely that something is taking the eggs. The list is endless - snakes, rats, skunks, crows and others will readily steal eggs.

 

[sirenafarms]

Thanks. I just don't know how another animal is getting into the pen. I guess I will figure it out somehow.

 

[MooseHabit]

My ducks like to eat the shells. I thought it was the weirdest thing when I first saw them bust open the eggs and run around with shells in their mouths while the other tried to get it!