duck eggs

  1. TheBirdBabe

    Duck eggs smell like wet dog?

    Hey y'all! 👋🏻 I have a very weird question. The other day I observed a strong smell as I was collecting eggs. Usually my dogs are with me (typically I blame them), but this morning they weren't. I smelled the strong smell of wet dog. Upon further investigation.. it was my duck eggs! I know...
    • TheBirdBabe
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    • blue duck duck eggs eggs green smelly eggs
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    • Forum: Ducks
  2. K

    Jumbo Pekin egg is pretty clear but still moves, say 25

    I was told by posting on this thread I could possibly get some better answers. We have a jumbo pekin egg that we've been incubating for 26 days total now and the pictures are from yesterday. It was still moving yesterday, but not able to check now since it's locked down and I don't want to open...
  3. D

    Relocating my duck's egg to her "new" nest. Should I do it?

    I have two muscovy ducks. The female laid her first egg last Friday. She chose one of the holes she made on the ground as her nest. Last morning and earlier this morning, however, she laid another 2 eggs in the duck house, which means she has two different nests in two different locations. I'm...
    • deltav
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    • breeding duck eggs duck nesting egg advice muscovey duck nest
    • Replies: 9
    • Forum: Ducks
  4. MartinFamilyHomestead

    Waterglassing Duck Eggs

    Has anyone on here tried waterglassing in general? If so what were your results? I prepared two half gallon jars of eggs but have no idea if successful until I wait and try them. I used the huge pickle jars, made sure they were clean then did 1 ounce of pickling lime to 1 quart of water. I was...
  5. OutbackQuackers

    How long does it take for duck eggs to start to develop??

    I have 2 three year old Call ducks one male and the other female, and 1 five month old male Mallard duck. The coop I have for them has two compartments, 1 with a house with a nesting box and the other has a run. It's just about spring in Australia, and my 2 calls have started to mate. The female...
  6. B

    I need duck advice!

    Help! I have 4 magpie ducks that we rescued 6 weeks ago. They were laying before I got them, and laid the day after they got here. They have not laid since. Them moving to our farm, they took a bit to adjust but now they are happy and thriving. The move did push them to molt, and that’s all but...
  7. WAP

    Duck egg color change

    My magpie female started laying a week ago. The first egg was a dark grey and they seemed to get become a lighter grey each day. Today the egg was partially grey and white. I’ve posted pictures of the dark and lighter greys but unfortunately did not take a picture of today’s egg. Is this normal...
    • WAP
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    • duck eggs
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Ducks
  8. T

    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
    • Replies: 8
    • Forum: Ducks
  9. 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
    • Replies: 6
    • Forum: Ducks
  10. 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.
  11. 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...
  12. 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...
  13. 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...
  14. 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...
  15. 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...
  16. 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...
  17. 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...
  18. 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...
  19. 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
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: Incubating & Hatching Eggs
  20. 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...
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