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6/4/12 at 2:35pm

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Can someone help me out please and tell me if my egg is fertile? I'm not too sure if this is what i should be looking for...

1 apricot call drake

1 chocolate bibbed

1 magpie duck

1 chocolate call duck

1 bibbed call drakes

1 call duck (colour unknown)

6 various dutch bantams

5 welsummers

3 mottled pekin bantams

1 apricot call drake

1 chocolate bibbed

1 magpie duck

1 chocolate call duck

1 bibbed call drakes

1 call duck (colour unknown)

6 various dutch bantams

5 welsummers

3 mottled pekin bantams

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6/4/12 at 2:37pm

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have you been incubating this egg?

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6/4/12 at 2:38pm

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been under my duck

1 apricot call drake

1 chocolate bibbed

1 magpie duck

1 chocolate call duck

1 bibbed call drakes

1 call duck (colour unknown)

6 various dutch bantams

5 welsummers

3 mottled pekin bantams

1 apricot call drake

1 chocolate bibbed

1 magpie duck

1 chocolate call duck

1 bibbed call drakes

1 call duck (colour unknown)

6 various dutch bantams

5 welsummers

3 mottled pekin bantams

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6/4/12 at 2:40pm

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for how long it looks like theres a baby inside and getting close to hatching

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6/4/12 at 2:46pm

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ooo! :D 16 days today

1 apricot call drake

1 chocolate bibbed

1 magpie duck

1 chocolate call duck

1 bibbed call drakes

1 call duck (colour unknown)

6 various dutch bantams

5 welsummers

3 mottled pekin bantams

1 apricot call drake

1 chocolate bibbed

1 magpie duck

1 chocolate call duck

1 bibbed call drakes

1 call duck (colour unknown)

6 various dutch bantams

5 welsummers

3 mottled pekin bantams

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6/4/12 at 6:50pm

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at 16 days if it was infertile and growing icky you would still be able to see through it and since you basicly can only see were the air cell is i would say yes you have a baby in that there egg :-)

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6/5/12 at 1:49am

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aww yay! So how long do you think this egg has left until it hatches? They all pretty much look the same inside the egg:

1 apricot call drake

1 chocolate bibbed

1 magpie duck

1 chocolate call duck

1 bibbed call drakes

1 call duck (colour unknown)

6 various dutch bantams

5 welsummers

3 mottled pekin bantams

1 apricot call drake

1 chocolate bibbed

1 magpie duck

1 chocolate call duck

1 bibbed call drakes

1 call duck (colour unknown)

6 various dutch bantams

5 welsummers

3 mottled pekin bantams

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6/5/12 at 5:13am

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At day 16 you should (when you candle shining the light from the TOP (fat end)) see a baby moving around very easily inside the egg. Go in a dark room to look. If you can't see a defined baby floating and moving (place egg pointy end down in a carton to avoid your hand causing motion) then it is not growing.

I would be concerned it was so dark and full at day 16.

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6/5/12 at 5:28am

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So what could be happening with my eggs? They all pretty much look like this. She rarely comes off her eggs, could this contribute to anything? Bit worried now :/

1 apricot call drake

1 chocolate bibbed

1 magpie duck

1 chocolate call duck

1 bibbed call drakes

1 call duck (colour unknown)

6 various dutch bantams

5 welsummers

3 mottled pekin bantams

1 apricot call drake

1 chocolate bibbed

1 magpie duck

1 chocolate call duck

1 bibbed call drakes

1 call duck (colour unknown)

6 various dutch bantams

5 welsummers

3 mottled pekin bantams

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6/5/12 at 5:42am

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I am just suggesting you look at them better to determine where they are in development or not. The photos you shared don't show anything that have me saying yes I see a fertile egg.