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What happens if you take a duck egg and put it back in the nest?
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∙ 12y ago
If you touch them with your bare hands then no, because the 'mom' will disown them. It's something to do with the scent of us humans. It's okay if you don't touch them with your hands though unless you drop them.
There is not much point as it is probably already too late.
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∙ 14y ago
Suzy Corria
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∙ 12y agothe mother duck will not come back to the nest, and she will leave the egg there. But if it is an abandon nest, nothing will happen. And if you find one laying around no where near a nest that means the mother just left it, or there is no baby duck in there.
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∙ 13y ago" The mother just rejects the baby after she smells and senses that it has be touched by human hands. So, I wouldn't try to. Just let nature take its natural course. "
Actually, this is not true. Birds do NOT have a strong sense of smell and will NOT reject a baby that has been handled.
If the bird has not developed feathers, you should warm it with your hands and place it back into the nest. If the nest has been destroyed, you can create a substitute and attach it to the tree near the original location. A plastic dish with holes punched in the bottom and lined with paper towels seems to be the most common substitute.
If the bird HAS fully developed feathers, you have found a fledgling and are interrupting its learning lessons. :D Leave the fledgling where it is and keep children and pets away.
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∙ 9y agoYou can. However, some of them may hatch then die :o. That is because birds prefer to have their own birds in their nest. If they had differentiated that the bird is not their kind, some of them may 'kill' the bird before it learns to fly.
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∙ 13y agoYes, the mother will not recognize the bird and will either leave it to die or peck it to death......
Keep children and pets away from the baby bird...
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∙ 13y agono you can not return a duck egg to its nest if you have touched it. once you've touched the egg or gotten near the nest the mother will not return and you've killed all the eggs together
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Will a duck take back ducklings if humans hatch them?
no they will not.
What do you do with a mallard nest with eleven eggs mom has not been on her nest for a good portion of the day is it right to assume that she has abandoned the nest Or will she come back?
Don't take any of the eggs, or she WONT come back. she might of abandoned her nest, if she doesn't come back, take the eggs at night and warm them up. There is a chance they are still living.
What happens if one robin parent dies?
Then the other parent has to take care of the nest.
When a hen duck lays her egg and leaves her nest for a day will she come back?
When people are around, ducks will spend little time on their nest. The duck is more concerned about not having intruders find the eggs, so she is very active to draw their attention away from the nest. However, she usually settles down at night and protects them from the cooler temperatures. I have found that if the duck has been broody for two weeks, and her eggs are infertile, she will abandon the nest, take a break and start again later. The infertile egg does not maintain it's temperature, and even when under the duck all night, it stays cooler than a fertile egg which is generating heat on its own. If it is only one or two "dud" eggs, then the duck will not sit on them, but will push them into the nesting material. That way, if they should become rotten and explode, they will not dirty the good eggs.
If you have been watching a duck's nest with 9 eggs in it and the eggs are turning a light tan are the eggs going to hatch and a bout how long will it take?
25 years
What do I do about a duck laying eggs in your bushes?
leave them there...if you touch them the parents will leave them. If you have a pet that will hurt them try to keep it on a leash for the time being...it really doesnt take that long for them to leave the nest.
What happens if my puppy ate a dead wasp nest?
nothing, probably. take it to the vet just in case.
How long before wild baby turkeys leave the nest?
Ducks usually leave the nest just after all the eggs have hatched because the mother bird does not feed the chicks, they have to find food for themselves and to do this best they need to be on water. Thus the mother duck will take them out of the nest and to water immediately.
How do you make a duck go broody?
It depends on the breed, some breed of ducks are more broody than others... There is nothing you can do to make a duck go broody and you can't stop a duck from being broody. When your duck starts to lay eggs don't take them away leave the eggs untouched when there are about 8-12 eggs laid in her nest she might go broody and incubate them until they hatch, while some other ducks will lay their eggs any place like in the middle of the garden, on the pen's floor etc,etc.... A broody duck will make a nest in a well hidden place and lay the eggs there.
Does the Drake Mallard stay around the hen while she sits on her nest?
All I know is that I take food each day to a nesting duck that I discovered in my yard and I have never seen the Drake.
If you touch a moscovy duck will the mother take it back?
Yes, touching them wont make the ducklings orphans.
Cage birds laying eggs what to do with eggs?
if you don't want chicks hard boil the eggs and give them back to them or simply take the nest off them and if you do want chicks take 2 nests off the pair and then take the nest strait away from them if you do want chicks and they have a nest when they lay the next nest u will ave to separate the chicks from the parents because when they lay the next nest they will literally beat the first chicks to death.
