We're having so many problems with duck hatchings this year that we've just basically decided - no matter how many eggs are infertile, we'll let every hatching go to term. This time around our Silkie hen sat it out on 12 eggs.

And managed to hatch out 3 live ducklings (1 more didn't live unfortunately).

Which is about the size of the fertility rate at the moment. Which is really frustrating. Time for some new boy blood I think.... but look how cute this little darling is:

And look how keen it is to return to safety