So I have this pair of mallards taking up space in my pool and yard. At first the female would go away every day for a few hours most likely laying an egg. Every day or so I'd find a spare egg on the pool deck, in the grass, in the side walk. I figured she was just too lazy to go to her nest somewhere and i moved the eggs to my garden out of the way every time i found one. The next day the eggs were gone. There is a fox that lives nearby so that might have taken the eggs. I then figured I would buy an incubator and see if any of these eggs were fertile if I was lucky enough to find another one. I bought a small incubator similar to the one I had many years ago as a child.
It came in the mail and the next day after a cold rain there was an egg right on my pool deck. I rescued it and popped it into the incubator really with little hope it would live let alone fertile. I have a humidity thingy too in there though we never used them when I was little and we used the other incubator and always hatched eggs. Humidty is at 45. Not sure that is right.
I waited 2 days and decided to candle it with a flash light. Didn't see much so waited another day. Today I candled it and I see veins and a heart beat! I was shocked! From an egg sitting out on the cold concrete in the rain to an embryo in 3 days.
So I'm wondering what humidty should i be going for. And since this is a mallard, if it does hatch, will it eventually fly away when it gets big enough and be with his friends? LOL
It came in the mail and the next day after a cold rain there was an egg right on my pool deck. I rescued it and popped it into the incubator really with little hope it would live let alone fertile. I have a humidity thingy too in there though we never used them when I was little and we used the other incubator and always hatched eggs. Humidty is at 45. Not sure that is right.
I waited 2 days and decided to candle it with a flash light. Didn't see much so waited another day. Today I candled it and I see veins and a heart beat! I was shocked! From an egg sitting out on the cold concrete in the rain to an embryo in 3 days.
So I'm wondering what humidty should i be going for. And since this is a mallard, if it does hatch, will it eventually fly away when it gets big enough and be with his friends? LOL