Abandoned egg- tried to candle and it looks WEIRD

[Oncoming Storm]

So my duck just hatched four beautiful duckies but there were five eggs. After two days after the other four hatched and her leaving the nest with the babies, I decided to remove it since she obviously wasn’t interested. Well I got curious and decided to candle it to see if there was still a chance it could make it. I’ve never candled before but I’ve seen what it’s supposed to look like. What the heck is this? Should I just throw it away? Or?

 

[Miss Lydia]

Not normal @Isaac 0 @Magnolia Ducks

 

[Magnolia Ducks]

That's either dead or 20 days out do you have an incubator? Put it in and send us a picture 3 days from now.

 

[Oncoming Storm]

That's either dead or 20 days out do you have an incubator? Put it in and send us a picture 3 days from now.

I don’t have one. Any ideas how to make a DIY one real fast?

 

[Magnolia Ducks]

Nope. I think I would throw it out.

 

[Miss Lydia]

@Jpat made one not long ago.

 

[MadBob1360]

	The duck Bill has a bevy of Saxony ducks who have been team brooding on a clutch of 10 eggs.
Several have candled like the one you show and 2 were found abandoned (outside the nest) . Each of those two were devoid of the hard outer shell and only the leathery inner membrane remained. I got brave and did a postmortem on the one shown here.

In the photo below, I have circled the discoloration on the membrane and on the embryo . Too sad for words.

If you think it is dead, and you feel brave enough, give it a sniff to be sure it is not rotten. Then peal it and post a photo of what you find.

 

[DuckyDonna]

Are you seeing any movement at all in that egg? Look at it from all directions and see if you see any sign of life like a pulsating movement.

You could make an incubator using some kind of a box or cooler by putting a light in it. Try not to catch it on fire though. LED lights don't put out any heat so try to find an incandescent bulb. Put a pan of water in it too for humidity. The larger the surface area of the water the higher the humidity will be. In other words, don't put a cup of water in it, use a flat shallow pan instead.