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How long can a duck egg survive after its mother has abandoned it?
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∙ 9y ago
Duck eggs can survive for hours without the mother. Sometimes, mother ducks will leave the nest to find food, then come back to lay another egg and incubate the nest. As long as she regularly warms the eggs, she doesn't have to stay with them all the time.
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∙ 15y agoWhen brooding a clutch of eggs the hen will only leave the nest for about 20 minutes at a time maybe twice per day. This is when she goes to get food, water or to defecate. If eggs are left for longer periods the eggs will cool enough that they will no longer be viable and will not hatch. A duck frightened from the nest will return as soon as she feels it is safe.
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∙ 16y agoDucks are pretty well self-sufficent from birth. They follow their mother around till she gets them to a pond then they tend to wander off.
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∙ 15y agoNot long or not at all. Ducks are very protective of their eggs because there is a predator (I forgot the name. It was a type of lynx, I think) that steals the eggs.
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