Will moles steal duck eggs???

[FathertoFeathers]

My ducks all lay in the same nesting spot. Every morning I go out to get the eggs and all of them are in a pile in this indent (almost like a small crater) in the ground. Ive noticed that the indent has slowly gotten bigger and deeper. Ive seen the signs of moles around the duck coop before and I went though a period where we didn't get any eggs for a while. Does anyone know if moles could steal duck eggs? Could a gopher be responsible for it?

 

[sourland]

I doubt that moles would take eggs. Rats for sure would take eggs, and I have no experience with gophers.

 

[Miss Lydia]

I read somewhere that squirrels will also take eggs. I doubt a mole could though. Rats yes as @sourland mentioned and minks and weasels and birds like crows. I guess really there are a lot of critters who would eat eggs and many will eat ducks too if they are left unattended. Especially over night.

 

[AviansLove]

I have never had a mole take a duck egg, a rat yes, as mentioned above.

 

[Miss Lydia]

I have never had a mole take a duck egg, a rat yes, as mentioned above.

 

[AviansLove]

Thanks, your ducks in your profile are beautiful, is it a runner?

 

[Miss Lydia]

Oh wow I could I forget snakes boy I had some eggs eaten by Black snakes mid summer. Caught the dude in the act several times.

 

[KCNC06]

Snakes will absolutely take eggs! I've seen black snakes in our yard with a series of lumps after eating eggs. And squirrels. (Snake eating squirrels, not squirrels eating eggs.)

In case you've never seen a mole mouth, we caught this guy in our yard earlier this year. I can't imagine he could eat an egg. I doubt he could see eggs to steal them either.

 

[Miss Lydia]

Thanks, your ducks in your profile are beautiful, is it a runner?

Yes! Thank you!!