Broody duck has eggs of all different stages!!

[xKaitlin]

So my Aylesbury duck has been sitting on her eggs for almost 28 days now, and I only realised 15 days in that she had been laying the whole time.

After candling the eggs I think I’ve got two out of six that are ready to pip but the rest still look quite behind as their air cell is quite small.

What should I do? I don’t have an incubator but should I take the early hatched ducklings away and hope she keeps sitting on the rest or leave them and hope she stays on the nest as we are going to make a small pen for her and her ducklings so they won’t be running off.

I have a heat lamp so if needed I could separate.

 

[sourland]

I would remove the ducklings, but she may still break broodiness as she is biologically programmed to leave the nest within 36 hours after the first duckling hatches. Once/if the hatch is complete, I'd return the ducklings to her.

 

[xKaitlin]

I would remove the ducklings, but she may still break broodiness as she is biologically programmed to leave the nest within 36 hours after the first duckling hatches. Once/if the hatch is complete, I'd return the ducklings to her.

Will she accept them even if they have been away ?