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

[CayugaJana]

Kiki these are my Cayuga eggs. They are in between day 10-11. I put them in around 10pm on day 1 and it’s 9am now. So at 10 pm tonight it will be 11 days. Does that make sense? I know I’m confusing. This is my first time incubating so I don’t know diddly squat!

Hopefully this helps your estimate. The first line I marked was at 8 days. Just because I’m curious and want to learn what it is I’m seeing.

 

[featherhead007]

Ducks are worth the work.

OK,

 

[MillersFarm]

Definitely following

 

[FlyingNunFarm]

Hope I didn't sound criticizing. I just meant for air cell size, that chart doesn't show very well. But for growth it does. So it was excellent for you to share it!





When you go back over there, ask them what day the eggs are stopped incubating! Maybe they will know.
Honestly, they look too early for my understanding of people that eat them. But maybe not.

No offense taken. I looked for real photos but most were blurry.

I thought Balut was incubated almost to completion.

From Wikipedia
“The duration of egg incubation is a matter of local preference. In the Philippines, balut is generally incubated for 14 to 18 days before being boiled for consumption. At about 14 to 16 days of incubation, the embryo floats on top of the egg white and yolk, and the balut is called "mamatong".[4] The ideal balut is said to be 17 days old.

There are other versions of balut. In the Cambodian version, "pong tia koun", the egg is incubated for 18 to 20 days. In the Vietnamese version, "hot vit lon", the egg is incubated for 19 to 21 days, when the embryo is old enough to be recognizable as a baby duck and has bones that will be firm but tender when cooked. Some men prefer to eat an embryo that is much more developed, "...so that it looks gross, because that is a way to prove your manhood."[7][8]”

You must have gotten them right when they came in. They must have been ready to cook them themselves. I would think if left on the counter uncooked they would start to rot.

 

[featherhead007]

Me and my significant hen hatched 14 chicks.... chickens, I do know the feelings from that experience,, I just don't do ducks.

 

[Kiki]

Me and my significant hen hatched 14 chicks.... chickens, I do know the feelings from that experience,, I just don't do ducks.

I don't do ducks either.
So I thought.

I'll catch up when I get back home.
I'm going to the store now.

 

[Conman]

That is hillarious, so good luckwith hatching them.

 

[featherhead007]

Im going indiana jones on here! Treasure belongs in a museum, Ducks belong in a pond!

 

[CayugaJana]

Google translate will work back and forth from languages. You just switch which is the language you want. And it will spit what they are saying back to you in English.

 

[biophiliac]

No offense taken. I looked for real photos but most were blurry.

I thought Balut was incubated almost to completion.

From Wikipedia
“The duration of egg incubation is a matter of local preference. In the Philippines, balut is generally incubated for 14 to 18 days before being boiled for consumption. At about 14 to 16 days of incubation, the embryo floats on top of the egg white and yolk, and the balut is called "mamatong".[4] The ideal balut is said to be 17 days old.

There are other versions of balut. In the Cambodian version, "pong tia koun", the egg is incubated for 18 to 20 days. In the Vietnamese version, "hot vit lon", the egg is incubated for 19 to 21 days, when the embryo is old enough to be recognizable as a baby duck and has bones that will be firm but tender when cooked. Some men prefer to eat an embryo that is much more developed, "...so that it looks gross, because that is a way to prove your manhood."[7][8]”

You must have gotten them right when they came in. They must have been ready to cook them themselves. I would think if left on the counter uncooked they would start to rot.

i was thinking the same thing - thanks for the details!