I ended up bringing them inside. After the first two hatched, one of them ended up disappearing...literally. We could not find it anywhere. Then there was another one starting to hatch . After it hatched I went out to observe for a while and noticed that the two female ducks and the hen would all consentrate on one of the ducks. They were getting old enough to wander out into the yard part of their area instead of staying in the coop. One of the babies would be out walking around and all 3 mommas would be inside watching the other one. Meanwhile the one outside would get pecked by all the other chickens. So I decided I needed to take them away and bring them inside. It sure was not easy to pick them up with 3 mommas trying to attack me and then a rooster on top of that!!
So here is their new home....and we had another hatch out. No new ones for a couple days, so maybe we are done now?! These three are in a box in the shower stall of our bedroom!! Eric is thrilled of course to have more barnyard animals in the house!! It really isnt that big of deal though, they arent as noisy as the 15 baby chicks this spring!!
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