That's what I have to do practice birth control. Don't want any Scovy's I've hatched to end up in the rivers around here. they will be hated and hunted like in other parts of the US. So I have to be selective and not hatch if I can't keep them, I went 5 years once with out hatching, I miss not having ducklings but like any animals we have to be responsible for what we bring into the world. Just can't bring myself to eat them.