why do my ducks keep burying their eggs?

[Stoney Meadow Maple]

They bury them so that predators (you) can't find them.

I found them

 

[Duck mommy 2019]

They bury them so that predators (you) can't find them.

they sleep inside and they are imprinted so know i’m not a predator

 

[Stoney Meadow Maple]

they sleep inside and they are imprinted so know i’m not a predator

My guess is that some things are instinctual.