A Question About Ducks - Broodiness?

[Daniel_2kaii9]

okay if i cant get starter pellets can i give them laying pellets ?

 

[Dances with Ducks]

Yes, when they are about two weeks old start adding a little of the layer pellets to the crumbles. Better than corn.

 

[Daniel_2kaii9]

okayy i got 2 eggs left now 1 was roten

I HOPE THESE 2 EGGS HATCH!
how meny times do ducks go broody a year?

 

[Dances with Ducks]

OH MY!!

I don't think you can count on them going broody again this year at all.

 

[Dances with Ducks]

I really, really hope they hatch too!!!!

 

[Daniel_2kaii9]

the egg that was roten had black spots on the inside of the shell what dose that mean ? if an egg is roten and it breaks over the other eggs will it make them roten ? sorry for all the Questions but i really want these eggs 2 hatch!

 

[shay20]

Are you sure it is only day 19?

 

[Daniel_2kaii9]

yes

 

[Dances with Ducks]

I think an egg would go rotten because 1) it wasn't fertile in the first place, or 2) it had a problem developing, or 3) it wasn't sat on consistently and the duckling died. If an egg like that got sat on the warmth would help bacteria to grow. A healthy living egg would fight off the bacteria to some degree. I don't think there is anything you can do to keep more eggs from going rotten at this point - IF they were going to go rotten.

I don't know the answer to your question about rotten eggs breaking over the other eggs. I know that's not good in an incubator, but it may not be as big a problem when you have broody hens hatching the eggs instead because it's not an inclosed environment like in an incubator. I hope someone else can help you with this question though.

 

[Daniel_2kaii9]

the 2 eggs left dont smell and thay look good so hope thay hatch now in 8 days