Rural Gardening: Incubation conundrum., 1 by TamaraFaye

TamaraFaye wrote:
good plan.

last fall when my duck made a nest, the hens kept chasing her off to lay under her. after she sat on them and was 21 days from hatching her ducklings, i blocked her in so they wouldn't lay anymore and then abandoment wouldn't be an issue. only 1 of 5 hen eggs were good, and we got the most wonderful purebred Buckeye cockerel! the duck eggs didn't hatch either. but Olive is on the nest again, and with at least one chicken egg! I think it is from the very same Buckeye hen LOL

here is Apricot then...