I noticed my duck was starting a her clutch a couple weeks ago. At this time I believe she had maybe 4 eggs. I candled a couple of them but assumed it was too early. The next day she had kicked one egg out and it was cracked. I removed the egg and found that there was an embryo in it. Her...
Sorry for the gorie description im about to leave. I had 3 drakes and 5 hens Saturday when I locked them up. Sunday morning I found 1 girl dead in the pen. It looked like the back of her neck was skinned. That was all with that one. I did some research and I now know my drake to hen ratio is...
I noticed my duck acting a little crazy when she was got of the pen. I candled a few of her eggs that she had in her nest. Last year my other duck hatched 16 eggs so I'm somewhat familiar with all this. I'm just a little unsure still. As far as I can tell, I see no veins.
I have a female rouen and Male pekin. I've already confirmed that her eggs have been fertilized and today I was able to actually look on her nest. She has been sitting on 20+ eggs. Is there a chance that all these eggs have been fertilized?