Broody duck and fake eggs

[Daisysduckfarm]

Hello!

I have a beautiful Rouen lady who is starting to become broody….

She’s been laying for a couple weeks now, she’s a first time layer, she shares the coop with 7 other ladies…

She’s sitting and guarding an empty next now for about 20 minutes (I collect the eggs daily)

I would let her go naturally with them but that is not in my best interest at the moment, so I was wondering if I should consider fake eggs?

I read conflicting reviews saying it either helps or decreases egg laying, helps the duck think the next is full vs needs to be taken away from broody ducks

I know fake eggs a tool that is used more for laying location consistency but can I give my Brody duck fake eggs to sit on?

- Would this affect her laying? (Trick her into thinking she’s done laying or will she keep going)

 

[nuthatched]

Its only been 20 minutes?
If she's sitting like that tomorrow, I'd work to break her broodiness, being broody takes a lot out of a bird

 

[Daisysduckfarm]

Its only been 20 minutes?
If she's sitting like that tomorrow, I'd work to break her broodiness, being broody takes a lot out of a bird

Thank you! I had a pekin who went broody last summer, I decided to let her go naturally but yes it took a lot out of her…how would I break the broodiness if this continues?

 

[HollowOfWisps]

Remove the fake eggs and if she sits longer than 20 minutes remove any eggs she has laid and chase her out of the coop. I find ducks are much easier to break of broodiness than chickens unless you have Muscovy they are the silkies of the duck world when it comes to broodiness.

 

[KathiQuacks]

Agreed, you’ll want to break her broodiness. There’s no point in keeping her broody without an end result.

There’s a lot of ways to do it. Personally, I kick broodies off their nest & lock them out of the coop during the day. If they’re still broody after a few days, I will go in and destroy their nesting site while they aren’t watching. Most of mine break after that, but I have 1 right now who just built a new nest and will need more time to break.