Big Ball in duck egg

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Anyone have a weird egg like this? It was laid by my blue runner duck. The egg is unusually large, with an indented ring around one end where the egg is asymmetrically pointed. I cracked it and there was a normal egg inside with this large ball on the end of the egg with the ring. Anyone seen this before? What is it? The egg was not spoiled or smelly.

 

[Wyorp Rock]

Anyone have a weird egg like this? It was laid by my blue runner duck. The egg is unusually large, with an indented ring around one end where the egg is asymmetrically pointed. I cracked it and there was a normal egg inside with this large ball on the end of the egg with the ring. Anyone seen this before? What is it? The egg was not spoiled or smelly.
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Hi, do you still have that? If so, can you cut it open?

To me, it looks like a Follicle that has "died" for lack of a better word. No signs of veins present, but possible an intact Follicle that for some reason didn't develop and dropped into the oviduct. I'm not a vet or expert.

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