:hugs
Your Duck and Jane are super small and very typey Calls... that makes a big difference in hatchability of the eggs and amount of assistance that is needed...
It still looks similar... one point sticking way into the air cell...
Make sure the safety hole you make is no bigger than the tip of a pen... any bigger and the membrane can get dry...
Could have been coincidental, but yes ducks *can* carry diseases that don't harm them or show, but can infect chickens...
*However* being hatched at your place, any ducks you have will only be exposed to what is/is not already within your own flock...
Marbles in the deep water dish works well for the duckling to be able to work deeper and keep the chicks out... I have brooded Call ducklings and chicks together, no problem... it's not a real issue unless it's several ducklings with several chicks...
And I second/third the comments about...
They are the loudest duck when the girls 'sound off' or alert call, but honestly the standard sized ducks are noisier 'talkers' throughout the day from my experinece... :)
Awesome! :thumbsup
She actually got her first Calls from me, lol... and I *have* mixed up eggs before, just ask @DwayneNLiz I sent her some of my greener looking Call eggs and she got an early surprise, a Silkie mix I have lays green tinted eggs and has free roam... she laid some eggs in the...
I only have a couple lines that do lay green... :)
Exactly what I said... each breed has it's standard for the egg color it *should* lay... but being that all domestic ducks, besides Muscovy, are mallard derived, green and blue color can and does crop up... especially more common in hatchery...