I don't know how many, as Skyler is burying them in the wood chips, but I can see at least eight.
The only way we could figure this out for certain is to reach in and move around her eggs while she is out of the nest - and she is very rarely out of her nest. The information I read online says that she will leave twice a day to eat, for about 30 minutes at a time. It's tough to catch her out...
Wood ducks lay an egg a day until they reach their final count of around a dozen. Once she is done laying, it will be about a month until they hatch. Isn't all that down fluff pretty? Looks so cozy, too (except for the poop). Stay tuned!
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