Would you give

[Knighstar679]

Would you give a clutch of bantam duck eggs to a Welsh Harlequin duck going broody?

the eggs are smaller than the welsh eggs will she squish them or do you think she will be ok with them ?

also being as a welsh egg is almost double the size of the bantam I am thinking about giving her how many do you think she can handle?

 

[NatJ]

I'm not a duck expert, but I know a little about chickens and eggs.

--The smaller eggs will probably be fine. Smaller eggs sometimes have stronger shells than larger eggs, although I do not know whether that would be true in your particular case.

--I don't know how many she could sit on, but I do know how to find out. Give her a few eggs, then a few more, and continue until you start to see them stick out around the edges. Then take away a few.