Why Is my hen clucking at the eggs she is sitting on

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I have a hen sitting on duck eggs and they are a week off hatching. Earlier I heard her going crazy so I went out and she was standing beside the nest looking at the eggs clucking very loudly. She is on her own In a play house so she can't be scaring off predators. I don't know what she's doing please help!

 

[chiques chicks]

I've never had a chicken on duck eggs, but since chickens take three weeks and ducks four, maybe she's saying "hey, what's taking you guys so long!"

Chickens will talk to their eggs.

 

[Chook Kingdom]

The hen probably heard a peep, or she is getting her voice ready. My hen clucks the day she begins to sit.

 

[adpad5]

Thanks they are 21 days old at least so that's maybe what she's doing

 

[Chook Kingdom]

You bet!

 

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I candled them and they look like they are more than ready to hatch but they are like a week early!

 

[Chook Kingdom]

That's okay, they usually are almost fully developed a week before hatch! I found that out the hard way, my Rhode Islands got hold of a poor Australorp's egg at week 2 out of three and the chick was developed.

 

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I don't know what kind of ducks they are but the ones that layed the eggs resemble Pekin ducks but are a bit skinnier one was white one was gold and 2 were green grey and brown all together. I know they were not runner ducks they walked different from them

 

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They looked a bit like them