Momma duck had been nesting next to my house for the past few weeks, and I noticed about 10 eggs recently, so I was expecting them to hatch anytime soon. Sure enough, this morning I went out and noticed some cracked eggs, so I figured the babies hatched. Strangely, I didn't see any babies, but Mom and Dad were casually eating grass on my front lawn.
Does anyone have any guesses as to what became of the ducklings? The shells were completely empty and clean, so it doesn't appear that they died. And the nest was neat and didn't appear that a struggle from a predator occurred. So, I'm perplexed as to what became of the little ones? Any ideas? Thanks.
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I am thinking a predator got to the eggs and ate all the contents clean.
Is it possible someone (human) was messing around, destroyed the eggs, took the ducklings to over their tracks, then the clean up crew (rats, mice, ants, squirrels) cleaned out the shells that were left around/
I would think if it was a fox or a bigger bird, would have taken the ducks AND the eggs. Food is food and like you said, no sign of a struggle is suspicious.
Post back if you figure it out. Very sad.
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