➡I accidentally bought Balut eggs: 2 live ducks! Now a Chat Thread!

[Mysimplewyominglife]

I'm confused here. Can someone on this busiest of threads tell me how it is possible to hatch balut eggs? I mean, after all, who would incubate their duck eggs from the start for 15-20 days, pull them out of the incubator, put them in the refrigerator for a week or more, warm them up again and expect the embryo to still be alive?

People that like to cook their own or sell live raw balut eggs would incubate a duck egg for 15-20 days then pull it out of incubation in order to sell/eat it that's who. Also these were more then freshly delivered (on the day) to the asain market that kiki bought them from she clearly did not know what they were and she did not put them in the fridge for more then a few hours. Ducks I hear can last a few hr's - day with out being in incubation wither from a mother duck or artifical human incubation. just because it does not get constant heat does not always = a dead embryo.

 

[User395221]

I'm confused here. Can someone on this busiest of threads tell me how it is possible to hatch balut eggs?

Pure fluke. Kiki didn't expect anything other than duck eggs, she just happened to candle them and got the shock of her life. She didn't intentionally buy fertile/incubated eggs and it's just incredible that the embryos are still alive. Hopefully they'll hatch alive and if they do, they'll be the living embodiment of the phrase "lucky ducks".

 

[LittleChicks4Me]

Watch... she's going to think this until the pip and the first little baby looks at her with those trusting eyes... and then she'll be lost.

Yep!

 

[Cyprus]

Just caught up. It's 6:13 am and I have to get ready for school

Warning!
This thread is a chronic time waster!
Do not read it you intend to be productive.

 

[Cyprus]

12.5 hours until live!!!

 

[21hens-incharge]

It's nice to venture out of the Squatch coop once in a while and meet new people!

I did that while BYC was being all upgraded!
It was scary! There were hoofs everywhere! Some folks were down right snarky that the gate was left open and we all went there.

 

[LittleChicks4Me]

Just woke and went to go check on the eggs. I Bout pooped my pants when I noticed the room was pitch black!!!

The light bulb burnt out!!

Wake up Kiki...the thermostat was just working. Phew.


Back to sleep. I'll read all these pages I am behind in the morning when I wake for the day.

I bet that woke you up.... Panic set in...
Then all was nice and cozy in the bator-thingie.

WE love every bit of this resurrection egg saga....

 

[chickencheeper]

Just caught up. It's 6:13 am and I have to get ready for school

Warning!
This thread is a chronic time waster!
Do not read it you intend to be productive.

2x except it’s 7:23 for me, and I didn’t read anything

 

[LittleChicks4Me]

Are you kidding? I was gone for like 8hrs & missed 422 posts. Gotta jump to the end again to see if they hatched while I was gone.

Yep, doing some catch up right now... Then again around noon. I know I will behind... again! Hahahaaaaa

My Serama egg update: They have not pipped yet, either. I know I broke the rule but did a warm water bath 3am this morning to check for egg movement. And they did giggle a little in the warm water. So they are alive! So misted the bator and eggs as I put them back. It's day 19, guess they are holding out a bit longer. Though serama eggs are known to pip early than regular eggs. The wait continues for me as well.

Waiting for the pip and the hatch is like. Watching and waiting for a pot of water to boil...

 

[ChickenCanoe]

People that like to cook their own or sell live raw balut eggs would incubate a duck egg for 15-20 days then pull it out of incubation in order to sell/eat it that's who. Also these were more then freshly delivered (on the day) to the asain market that kiki bought them from she clearly did not know what they were and she did not put them in the fridge for more then a few hours. Ducks I hear can last a few hr's - day with out being in incubation wither from a mother duck or artifical human incubation. just because it does not get constant heat does not always = a dead embryo.

Pure fluke. Kiki didn't expect anything other than duck eggs, she just happened to candle them and got the shock of her life. She didn't intentionally buy fertile/incubated eggs and it's just incredible that the embryos are still alive. Hopefully they'll hatch alive and if they do, they'll be the living embodiment of the phrase "lucky ducks".

I get what they are, I just can't imagine it working, especially without a real incubator.
We shall see.