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    Mallard ducks egg laying experience

    :D I am a new mallard duck momma and I wanted to post a thread on this topic as it was really difficult to find any info online when my two females started laying and I was really stressed out not knowing if their behavior was ‘normal’ and if I should intervene. *spoiler - everything turned out...
    • The Nut Quacker
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    • duck eggs duck nest mallard mallard ducklings mallard eggs raising ducks outside strange duck behavior
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    • Forum: Ducks
  2. F

    Weird stuff on my egg

    While collecting eggs, I found this egg that has a weird abundance of bug egg(?) looking stuff on it. The egg was rotten anyways so I didn’t mind throwing it away but it was pretty gross. Just out of curiosity, anyone know what it is? Image below (it’s kinda nasty)
    • finneasW
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    • duck egg duck eggs egg egg abnormalities egg advice rotten egg stuff on egg
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    • Forum: Ducks
  3. B

    DUCKS, help!!!

    We are hatching mallard duck eggs and one is not hatching like the others. Do you think it will need assistance? I the browning is worrying me. will wait 48 hours but I would like to try and figure it out soon.
  4. MartinFamilyHomestead

    Tiny duck egg

    We are consistently getting this tiny egg, even smaller than a chicken egg. We have some new layers and every week we have another of last summers ducklings starting to lay. I figured after the first few she laid it would gain size but now coming up on a few weeks I’m wondering if the egg size...
  5. MartinFamilyHomestead

    What kind of eggs??

    The first picture is a Cayuga egg to the right and this small about the size of a chicken egg on the left. I have another thread about that egg specifically if I can find out how to add a link to this thread I will. The smaller egg is almost a shade of green. The Cayuga egg is grey, the photos...
  6. MartinFamilyHomestead

    Egg storage for eating

    I know you can leave eggs at room temp for about 3 weeks but if you refrigerate them they last about 3-4 months. I also know if you wash them you have to refrigerate them. We keep our eggs on counter at room temp, however I was curious how it would work if you had them at room temp for about a...
  7. M

    Duck eggs already pipped on Monday, not due to hatch until Friday!

    SOS!! I have duck eggs in a borrowed incubator that you cannot see through. I opened the incubator today to candle them and 3 out of 6 have pipped already! Today is Monday; they are not due to hatch until Friday. They are not on lockdown and I will have to open the incubator again to either move...
  8. MartinFamilyHomestead

    Is this Duck egg fertile??

    I do not believe this egg is fertile but curious on other opinions? Do not have much experience with telling if they are as I never needed to know. Last year we did look into it just out of curiosity and you could very easily tell that the eggs we were collecting were fertile. What are your...
  9. Quacking ducks

    Trouble with nurture right 360 Incubator

    Hi I was wondering if anyone else has had trouble getting your duck eggs to fit in the Nurture Right 360 Incubator? This morning I just started my new incubator, I had 10 duck eggs to put in but 5 out of the 10 were too big for the egg turner tray. I thought this incubator was supposed to do...
  10. MartinFamilyHomestead

    When will ducks lay??

    Looking for everyone’s experience on when their hens start laying. I know it’s typically 5-6 months (per google) but ducks can be so temperamental and vary flock to flock so just looking for personal experiences on when your young hens first started laying. Also according to weather/time of...
  11. S

    Cayuga duck eggs, busted yolk?

    So this is my first time ever incubating eggs or even seeing fertile eggs. I have 9 Cayuga duck eggs and one of them looks different from the rest. None have any veins yet, that I could see when candling today, we’re on day 5 of incubation. Is this egg okay? I think there is a vague smell. No...
  12. X

    Duck egg pipped but not zipping

    Hi all! I’ve looked at other similar threads but wanted direct advice. My duckling externally pipped about 40 hours ago but has not started zipping yet. I haven’t seen the egg rocking and am not sure if it passed away inside. The other duck externally pipped 24 hours ago and seems like it’s...
    • xiaoyaya
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    • duck advice duck eggs duck hatching duck incubation hatching eggs incubating and hatching pip no zip silver appleyard
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    • Forum: Incubating & Hatching Eggs
  13. T

    Please help! Duck eggs air cells is worrying on day 24

    Hello it's my First time hatching duck eggs, I have 3 incubating and I am currently on day 24, (almost 25) and they are growing big and moving a lot when I candled them, however there is a problem, one of them the air cell looks a perfect size, but the other two are concerning, one is way too...
  14. Kariann

    Can I hatch eggs that were bought at the farmer's market today?

    To clarify, my daughter inlaw bought them with the intention to eat them, and gave me 3. They are very clean, so I assume they have been washed, and I believe that eggs sold at farmer's markets are required to be washed around my area (Tennessee). I do not know how long ago they were laid. So, I...
    • Kariann
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    • duck duck eggs incubabtion
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    • Forum: Ducks
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    Why are duck eggs making my husband sick?

    I am new to raising ducks, although we raised chickens when I was a kid and we currently have 7. We bought 3 Cayuga ducklings along with the 7 chickens in April. They came from a large local breeder, although not so large as to be national or to mail chicks out. I have no knowledge or...
    • LGM
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    • duck eggs sick
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    • Forum: Ducks
  16. E

    First Time Hatcher. Is my duck embryo dead? So much conflicting information online!

    Hi, I've had a black pacific duck egg incubating for 30 days (usually 28-30 day incubation period) and I think it may have died but this is the first time I have ever incubated an egg so I am rather unsure how long I leave the egg until I investigate. There is a lot of conflicting information...
    • emmalea
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    • candling duck egg dead duck egg duck duck egg development duck egg incubation duck eggs duck hatching duck incubation hatching duck eggs incubation candling
    • Replies: 7
    • Forum: Ducks
  17. The Best Duck Breeds For Egg Production

    The Best Duck Breeds For Egg Production

    The Best Duck Breeds For Egg Production Ducks are wonderful animals to have around. Despite the thought that duck must have water, they don't. Actually, if you give them access to water, they will lay their eggs in the water. Ducks are just funny, quirky, wonderful and just all around great...
    • SilkieChicken123
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  18. C

    14 day old duck eggs.

    Hello, I am really upset. I'm on day 14 of hatching duck eggs and I'm taking them out to cool down for up to 30 mins a day. Earlier on I put an alarm on my phone as I always do, to put them back in incubator. The time my alarm went off I had a visitor and I completely forgot about the eggs...
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    Will my ducks lay this year

    Hi everyone, my three khaki campbells ducks hatched April 20th 1 boy and 2 girls, I’ve notice this week that they’ve started to display mating behaviours and wondered if this could indicate that they will begin to lay anytime soon? That said, it’s nearly September and I wondered if that means...
    • Penfoldducks
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    • duck eggs ducks khaki campbells lay laying
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    • Forum: Ducks
  20. M

    Duck Egg Incubation 6h Power Outage Day 23 - 20C Temp - Looking for input

    Hey, title puts it pretty clearly, but for more details, I'm using the Brinsea Mini II EX incubator to incubate some duck eggs, everything had been going perfectly up until last night, when, due to an odd electrical fuse setup in our home, we lost poweer to the incubator ~01:30, I'd had a late...
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