Trying to get a duck to go broody
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Published 2023-03-13
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We had this issue as well, we gave them moss, thick and green and some dead moss, they built a new nest that night, and started to brood instantly, might work for you too, not sure why the moss worked, but an elderly woman here in the area suggested it, well, there yah go :)
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Try NOT wanting her to go broody. Always worked for us.
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She’s like me, she doesn’t want kids! And no amount of wining, dining, and fancy houses is going to change my mind either! Love your videos Nate!
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Don't put the food and water near your duck's eggs because she's not gonna go broody because it's gonna smell like food and the whole point of her laying eggs is to get them away from predators in a safe spot so if you bring food and water toward the eggs she already thinks that they're in danger!
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She must not feel safe to nest em. Put a camera up around their pen to see if an owl or any other animal appears. Mine used do that till I gave her a wooden box she could go in and feel safe. They like corners and boxes to nest in. Use some hay like bedding hay to encourage brooding. If you ever come California I have a few farm animal rescues thru out the central valley and plenty of Muscovy ducks and many other that your free to re-home with you.
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Some great tips in these comments. I would say look at the nest that 1 mom made. She was in a quiet, covered spot. My experience is with chickens and rabbits. You can't force the instincts to kick in. When the instinct kicks in, it doesn't even matter if they have materials. I've never seen a chicken nest next to the feeding area. It's always off a bit. Well, except for small coops and limited choices.
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Get some big stock chickens that are good setters.... add your duck eggs to the broody chicken nest. She will raise them for your momma ducks.
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Last year one of my ducks went broody so I slipped some chicken eggs in with hers. She hatched them out fine and all was going well, but as soon as one went cheep cheep instead of quack quack she freaked out and killed them. ... try hay or straw instead of leaves. My Cayuga prefers straw.
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My females will only go broody on their own. I let them fill one of the nests up themselves, then once there are 8-10 eggs, one of the females will start to sit on them. I never have success trying to force one on eggs. Chickens are amazing parents and will hatch and raise them themselves. They are who I often rely on now a days, because muscovy kind of suck as parents.
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In my experience with free range ducks, Mine only went broody when they had a over abundance of food at their feeding grounds. I kept putting piles of food near there pond and in leaf piles and after a few weeks almost all my females went broody. I believe it's to due with the birds knowing that they will have a high success rate with their babies if they have lots of food to feed them.
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She might want more eggs. My Cayuga goes broody once she has way too many eggs. But not before.
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You have to give them premium fuel, synthetic ok oil, good filters, a garage, fresh tires and provide a Ranger for a Tacoma to make a Ridgeline Wait Duck or truck
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This guy playing minecraft in real life I love it
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My wife tosses them into the incubator. We have a pile of chickens n ducks haha
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I've heard of people buying fake eggs (like the colorful ones people fill with candy) and adding them to the clutch to trick chickens into sitting on a smaller pile of eggs. Maybe ducks can be tricked too.
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She's a party girl. She is into the whole hot girl spring, and summer.
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They have to be in the mind set of brooding. Always love on that angry broody girl
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My flock seems to unanimously elect one female to sit on the nest when there's about 20 eggs in it
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someone mentioned they “lay” in tall grass then suggested moss to add… maybe not in that order😊
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@GoldShawFarm does a lot of chicken, ducks and geese raising... ask him!
