telandra2
Songster
I have a broody duck who is sitting on what began as a goose nest but had steathly ducks add eggs. What will happen when the mixed babies hatch?
Best case: Everyone will think duck is mom and she'll have freakishly large 'ducklings'.
Worst case: Geese steal the goslings, probably killing the ducklings.
This is my terror of an over protective momma. She'll charge me, so I can envision her fighting the gaggle to retrieve her lost baby. (This is also the same duck whose nest a goose squeezed into on day 20 last year crushing 3 soon to hatch eggs.)
I also have 4 goose, 5 duck eggs in a brooder due to hatch about a week earlier. I was planning on introducing the goslings to the gaggle but sitting momma duck adds additional factors.
Best case: Everyone will think duck is mom and she'll have freakishly large 'ducklings'.
Worst case: Geese steal the goslings, probably killing the ducklings.
This is my terror of an over protective momma. She'll charge me, so I can envision her fighting the gaggle to retrieve her lost baby. (This is also the same duck whose nest a goose squeezed into on day 20 last year crushing 3 soon to hatch eggs.)
I also have 4 goose, 5 duck eggs in a brooder due to hatch about a week earlier. I was planning on introducing the goslings to the gaggle but sitting momma duck adds additional factors.