What is this?? I found in the nesting box today. I'm hoping it's not a lash egg, but if it is what do I do? I have a flock of just 5 layers, and have no idea which one it may have come from. It was the size of a golf ball with tons of veins on the exterior, I didn't touch it with my hand but it...
We opted to leave her few eggs under her to see if she would hatch them but in the end, she ended up with one egg left which hatched unsuccessfully. It was definitely a learning experience, and I'm still unsure of what exactly happened.
I am relatively new to ducks and homesteading. A few months ago I acquired 5 muscovy ducks, 4 hens and 1 drake. Eventually they started laying eggs, our first Lady successfully hatched 8 eggs (was sitting on 10). All other ladies are all sitting on nests as well. The issue is one hen that...
Oh! Interesting. I'm not too sure as I'm very new to birds. As far as I know, he purchased the eggs so his daughters could hatch them as a school project.
I purchased a mixed lot of ducklings off of Craigslist and am now having troubling identifying what breed they may be. They are about 6 weeks old. Im thinking the all yellow/white is a pekin. The one pictured with it has me at a complete loss. There are two that have mallard like looks, but one...