Are my Muscovy duck eggs fertile ?

[lopez1611]

I have a female Muscovy duck and a Ancona drake which recently passed away due to eating a wasp. When they would go into the water they would mate, but I never saw the ducks penis come out.. And she has 11 eggs and has gone broody, would those eggs be fertile ? She laid them a week after the drake died.

 

[Rowsdower]

I have a female Muscovy duck and a Ancona drake which recently passed away due to eating a wasp. When they would go into the water they would mate, but I never saw the ducks penis come out.. And she has 11 eggs and has gone broody, would those eggs be fertile ? She laid them a week after the drake died.

If he's succeeded in mating her, they're likely fertile.

 

[lopez1611]

I'm really hoping they are. Thank you

 

[drumstick diva]

When they breed in water the female gets pushed down so you probably couldn't see anything. Sometimes a few drakes join in and the hen ands up drowning.

 

[BantamLover21]

I'm glad you joined our "flock!"

X2 on drumstick diva. If you saw your ducks mating, then most likely, the eggs are fertile. I'm sorry about the drake--hopefully, the eggs hatch!

 

[nj2wv]

Welcome to BYC !!

 

[Kelsie2290]

Hello and Welcome To BYC! Good luck with the hatch!

 

[BantamFan4Life]

Welcome to BYC! I'm glad you joined us!

 

[lopez1611]

Hopefully that's why, and I'm hoping they do hatch too especially because I'd be her first babies, she's becoming extremely aggressive towards people and my other pets

 

[mymilliefleur]

Glad you joined us.

X2 on what the other members said, your eggs are probably fertile.