Ok, that makes sense then because I've been following other duck threads where people have incubators and I always wonder if they bought their fertile eggs from somewhere else or why they had the things in the first place if the eggs were laid on site by one of their own hens. So I see that it can depend on the hen's age and maybe a few other factors. Then if you bring them in and they are so tiny do you feed them with a syringe?
that is fascinating how nature provides them nourishment. When reading other stuff about people shipping birds all over the place I always wondered how they survived. You listed poultry type birds that have this capability. What about finches and raptors and other birds? They all come from eggs.
interesting and fascinating how different birds are even tho they come from an egg. That makes sense. Maybe it's because some birds depend on their parents' regurg and normally those are born super helpless whereas waterfowl aren't as such and can be sustained on their own for a short time. Cuz I see that newborn ducks are practically up and around and other species aren't. Just a guess...
nature has such amazing adaptive measures ensuring survival. I've learned so much from people like you, poult, when it comes to birds.
