Hello!
I have a pair of 10 month old mallards. My female has been laying on a clutch of eggs for a few weeks now (not sure exactly how long but thinking about 3 weeks) and I am unsure if they are still alive. She had been doing a great job staying on them and keeping them warm, but we have had some cold nights. A week ago we candled and they didn’t look fertile so we went to throw them out and upon cracking one open, we found out they were indeed fertile. (I will try to attach a picture.) Fast forward to today, I have yet to detect any movement from the eggs and am not seeing any veins or movement when candling. Though the eggs are still warm to the touch. (I will also try to attach a picture of what the eggs looked like when candling today, 2/2/19. All 6 of the eggs look like this.) Are my eggs still alive? Any advice? What would you do?
I have a pair of 10 month old mallards. My female has been laying on a clutch of eggs for a few weeks now (not sure exactly how long but thinking about 3 weeks) and I am unsure if they are still alive. She had been doing a great job staying on them and keeping them warm, but we have had some cold nights. A week ago we candled and they didn’t look fertile so we went to throw them out and upon cracking one open, we found out they were indeed fertile. (I will try to attach a picture.) Fast forward to today, I have yet to detect any movement from the eggs and am not seeing any veins or movement when candling. Though the eggs are still warm to the touch. (I will also try to attach a picture of what the eggs looked like when candling today, 2/2/19. All 6 of the eggs look like this.) Are my eggs still alive? Any advice? What would you do?
