abandoned nest

  1. H

    Mother duck died, can eggs be saved?

    A friend of mine had a mother duck lay eggs in their backyard. Today her husband found the mother duck dead, but they are not sure how long it's been. We just finished hatching chicks, so we have put the eggs from the nest in our incubator. After candling a few I'm not really sure they are...
  2. H

    Hen hatched eggs

    so my hen hatched 3/5 guinea eggs I put under her but she wont mother the babies - she left the nest and has been laying in the dirt outside the nest for about 2 hours now... the chicks are still in the nest - able to walk and toddle around - so they are a few days old. Is this normal or will I...
  3. aliciaFarmer

    Mama abandoned nest, one is chirping

    I had a super broody 5 month old buff orpington that I ended up buying a few hatching eggs for. She has sat like a champ up until today. She got up a few hours ago and won't sit on the eggs anymore which were due to hatch tomorrow but one is cracked and chrping. I'm not sure what to do because...
  4. Kimmyh51

    Duckling internal pip 4-5 days before due to hatch

    Hi guys, Last night I went outside and discovered that one of my ducks, who has been sitting, had left her nest, for at least a few hrs, and the egg in it which is due either sat or sun this week, was freezing cold. I held the egg near my skin and it was icy cold (it was close to 0deg Celsius...
  5. J

    Eggs in nest gone

    so I haven't quite found a topic like what I'm looking for. My duck is laying eggs. She is on day 8 but yesterday all of the eggs were eaten. This morning she laid another egg in the same nest and I would like to save it since predators now know where the nest is. My question is, since she is...
    • Jinglebells0518
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    • abandoned nest clutch duck ducklings incubate laying nest predator
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    • Forum: Ducks
  6. WendyNP

    Abandoned nest...now what?

    Found my young guinea hen's nest in a blackberry bramble. She visited it and laid another egg daily, until 2 days ago. There was a big storm and apparently she has now abandoned the nest (we caught her snooping around in a different bramble and think she is laying there now. My question is...
  7. Chapduck

    Muscovy hen has abandoned her nest of 18 eggs due to predator eating 3

    I hope someone can quickly offer me advice concerning a nest of muscovy eggs. I live on brackish water near Pensacola, Florida. About a month ago, a hen chose my raised garden located on my terrace (about 16 feet above ground) for her nest. Over time she laid 18 eggs and began incubating on...
    • Chapduck
    • Thread
    • abandoned nest muscovy laying
    • Replies: 6
    • Forum: Ducks
  8. The Golden Egg5

    Broody hatching help

    I had my 6mo pullet go broody a couple weeks ago. After a little while of sitting constantly, I gave her a clutch of 5. The next day she decided to give up. I don't know how much she sat on the through the day, but that night a different one of my girls went broody and she is looking like she is...
  9. chantels1

    The things our kids bring us....

    So I had an emergency. My 15 year old brought me 4 nests of bantam Cochin eggs. Various stages of development!!! (I have since educated her.... ) she let them sit outside for 2 days. 105 during day, low 70's at night. Eggs were cold. I candled and one was internally pipped 2 others ready...
  10. Mnop

    Chick dead in egg?????

    Hi all! :frowI need a little help here. I had a broody hen that had a total of 6 eggs under her(laid by 2 maybe 3 different hens). We have no idea :confused:when she began setting on her nest because she was hiding in the yard. They free range and when she didn't go in the coop to roost we...
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