Wild Duck Egg Advice

[WannaBeHillBilly]

I have a wild Mallard Duck hanging around (on and off) with my flock of ducks since April. Recently she came back after a week of absence with six little ducklings in tow:

She hangs out with the little ones here during the day, eats drinks and quacks but heads for the pasture to stay overnight when i lock my ducks up for the night.

 

[chickens really]

Might be her first season and won't set eggs till next year but the young Drake follows her around..

 

[chickens really]

So she's put another egg into the planter! I had added the egg I found by the road to the egg she had laid there. This morning I found three I'm hopeful that she will now sit there when she's ready and keep adding to that area.

Hopefully it's a safe place from traffic and predators or just keep tossing out the eggs or block off the planter so she leaves to set in a proper nest site..

 

[jjordan68]

I have a new duck egg every morning in my flower pot. Up to 5 now. I never see the duck sitting on the eggs. Not during day, not during middle of the night. Are the eggs fertilized? Are they rotting? I live next to a lake. What advise to leave them, move them, toss them.

 

[Miss Lydia]

How precious