duck eggs

  1. Daglebagel

    Are my duck eggs safe to eat?

    Is there anything that would make my duck eggs UNSAFE to eat? She has laid 3 so far, the first one was smaller than a ping pong ball, the next two much bigger. Basic feed diet with plenty of snacks like herbs, grapes, blueberries, grass. They forage in the 8x16 run (3 ducks total). We have not...
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  2. Enigmius

    Here we go! Wish me luck!

    I’ll be monitoring the humidity; I’ve heard it’s not too accurate, although the thermostat is. with this model. I plugged some of the holes in the underside near the water Reservoir with hot glue. It still has holes on the top for regulation and I have sponges ready. Unfortunately I bought a...
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  3. C

    Seeking 2-3 female laying breed ducks to add to our Lucky Duck Farm!

    Live outside Portland, Oregon metro area, have 30+ year farm with plenty of mowed pastures and secure barn. Would like to add 2 or 3 youngish adult female ducks, laying breed type, to my existing small flock. Currently have Welsh Harlequins and Indian Runners but what do you have? Will pay...
  4. CaramelKittey

    What did this? Broken eggs found around stone driveway.

    Hi! I have been baffled these past few days as there have been 3 eggs found on my stone driveway in the last week. Any ideas? Ready for story time? Good. Once upon a time (5-6 days ago).... we were driving home from school and there was a duck egg on my driveway with a hole in it. The...
  5. G

    HELP!!! Advice needed! Two ducklings in Phx, Arizona

    Okay so we are in serious need of some advice. Here's the story: my husband and I live in Phoenix, Arizona. We were on a walk around the manmade lakes in our neighborhood (they are surrounded by houses and a main road, very very suburban area with all kinds of groups and breeds of ducks) and we...
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    • adopt advice arizona duck eggs free help local adoption phoenix rehoming release
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  6. WannaBeHillBilly

    Happy Easter from Curiosity, Katharina and Nona Duck!

    Hi friends, we got a nice Easter surprise gift from our three grown up ducks today: Three beautiful large duck eggs! - Out of three different nests in the duckburg, that means all three girls are laying now. Guess Miss Nona is now a Missus too… ;)
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  7. MROO

    Rescued Duck Eggs - Not a clue what I'm doing!

    Hello all. Well, it looks like DD just may get her duck wish. My sister (an agricultural school bio teacher) received a batch of ring necked pheasant eggs to hatch for a school project. The gal delivering them "threw in" a pair of duck eggs she picked up on the way to the car. Sis had no room...
  8. WannaBeHillBilly

    Three grown up ducks but only one egg per day?

    Hi friends, i have three grown up fawn and white Indian Runner ducks, they are about ten months old and have surprisingly started to lay last year in December and stopped after a few weeks. Since early march of this year i find one duck egg every morning and i don't know which duck is laying...
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    • duck eggs duck not laying overly concerned duck owner
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  9. Backyard Dacks

    Muscovy Eggs

    Hi! Australian Muscovy Ducks (newly-coined name for sub-breed; see picture) are not laying eggs... I think they're females... any advice, please?
  10. M

    Classroom Duck Incubation Questions-egg turner or no?

    Hi all! I'm about to begin a second year of hatching ducks with my 1st grade class! I had a 50% hatch rate last year and am trying to increase it this year! I'm looking for a few pieces of advice! I changed to a circulated air Hova-Bator incubator (SB15219M) from an old still air incubator...
    • MsSBoston
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    • classroom duck eggs egg turner incubating eggs
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  11. DameHillDucks

    Should I abandon incubation halfway through?

    I had two smooth weeks of incubation with some lovely duck eggs, then two days ago my thermostat went haywire! It got cool early in the evening (around 95 F), then spiked (possibly as high as 104 F). I adjusted things as best I could, and planned to get a new thermostat as soon as I could the...
    • DameHillDucks
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    • duck eggs incubating temeprature
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  12. Dfarago

    Are my eggs bad?

    My Muscovy has a clutch that’s way past her 35 day incubation. Some people said to candle them and check on them but I’m having a hard time identifying if they’re good or not. I look at reference charts but I’m so confused. Can someone please tell me if I just take them from her cuz they’re bad...
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  13. 3bird

    (Duck) Eggs! It's What's for Dinner - Thinking Outside the Shell

    Hi, Guys. We've started a thread of our favorite duck egg recipes over in the duck forum, but somebody told me I should also post here. Click here to see the original thread, or you can jump to a specific recipe from the links below. Recipe One: Duck Egg Curry (Burmese, not Indian) Recipe...
  14. Pela Phillips

    Mystery fertilizer

    Hi! I just cracked my first duck egg of the spring and found the little white dot with a halo. I only have 5 hens and have seen no wild ducks about. How is this egg fertilized? Have I been misinformed about the dot? Thanks! I’m mystified...
  15. Squishychicken

    Shipping duck eggs that wont fit in a carton.

    I'm mailing hatching duck eggs. They hardly fit in the carton as it is. But wrapped with bubble wrap the cat in wont close.... how should I pack them....I need to ship them out today so answers are needed
  16. L

    Found duck(?) Eggs

    Hi! I'm new here, and I don't know much about the lives of waterfowl. We live in a neighborhood with a pond that is home to a flock of geese and a few ducks who seem to stick together against the geese. The pond has been taken over by duckweed, so I was out scooping it to try to put a dent in...
    • lunaleigh
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  17. F

    Newbie questions about duck eggs and laying

    Hi, This is my first post, but I do have thank the members on this forum. We have researched a ton over the past year and we can always find the answer here! Bear with me, I will get to my questions! This past year or so is our first year raising a flock. We decided (maybe foolishly) to...
    • Frankstonalum
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  18. 3bird

    Duck Egg Recipes - Thinking Outside the Shell

    Our silver Appleyards are amazing, and we've had eggs straight through the winter--although not as many as we'll see in the summer, of course. With egg production ramping back up, we're dusting off our favorite duck egg dinner recipes. Last night we had one of our favorites: Duck Egg Curry...
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  19. dfhgjlod

    Best duck breeds for egg production?

    So, two question: 1. What duck breeds are best for egg production? 2. What breeds make the coolest eggs? :cool: (please state which one your answering)
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  20. MallardMomx2

    Are my duck eggs alive? Help!

    Hello! I have a pair of 10 month old mallards. My female has been laying on a clutch of eggs for a few weeks now (not sure exactly how long but thinking about 3 weeks) and I am unsure if they are still alive. She had been doing a great job staying on them and keeping them warm, but we have had...
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    • candling duck duck eggs duckling eggs hatch advice laying mallard
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