![]() There is a chance she was killed before incubating them, so if the number of eggs is staying the same or decreasing, you could try candling the eggs. If the eggs had started to develop, once they get chilled, they will be dead, so an incubator won't help. If the number is staying the same, then there's a good chance that the mom was sitting and a predator got her. Have you counted the eggs? If after 24 hours, there are one or two more eggs than there were, then it is understandable that you aren't seeing the mom. However, not all ducks do cover the eggs. When they decide they have enough eggs, then they'll start sitting. They will only come to the nest once a day or so to lay, and then go away again. Normally, a duck will hide the eggs by covering them with leaves or straw. we haven’t seen in in so long we’ll anyway my hopes got lost about her because it was snowing and the snow got on the eggs but it wasn’t below freezing it was about 34to 35F I don’t know if they are still viable. We found a wild duck nest but not the duck. How long should I let Mama sit on the eggs? Is there any chance they might still hatch? During the day, they are latched into the duck house by themselves, and during the night I close them off from the other ducks. The duckling seems to stay under mama most of the time, but has come out to eat. Mama has the nesting box, and I have food and drinking water for both her and the duckling less that a foot from Mama. After candling, I put them back under Mama duck, and she's been sitting faithfully on them. There were two times during the month, however, that some eggs had gotten pushed out from under Mama during the night by our chicken who wanted to lay there and moved the eggs out. She's still sitting faithfully on the eggs, which have been under her for 30-31 days (I noticed her broody on one of her eggs and some chicken eggs May 31st, and added green eggs from another duck under her on the 31st, as well as the 1st of June). She hatched out one duckling on the 28th, but the other two eggs that are under her still haven't hatched. We've had a crazy time with our ancona and her eggs.
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