Sad Mother's Day...

Duck house drama continues. Mother's Day had a sad ending for Skyler. We don't know where she is, but she hasn't been seen in days. Our duck TV has gone silent and a couple of us are super sad about it. It's unlike a mama duck to abandon her nest, so we have to conclude that something happened to her. I have been asked/begged/pleaded by my daughter to take the eggs in and incubate them (we have incubated duck eggs before...). But the sad truth is that it is too late.  Once a duck starts incubating her eggs, she only leaves them for around 30 minutes at a time to keep them warm. By the time we realized that she really wasn't coming back, the eggs had been left to cool for over 24 hours. I checked them the other day and they were already very cold and two were damaged. We candled one yesterday and saw no movement. 

It. 
Is. 
Just. 
Sad. 

Perhaps later today or tomorrow I will go empty the nest. It is possible it could still be used again this season. If it does, I'll let you know.  

RIP Skyler and babies.  😥

Maybe we'll start a turtle camera instead....