Black spot in egg

[HH0611]

I am incubating duck eggs and everything is going great. They are still alive and kicking, and there are still blood vessels throughout the eggs. I do see what looks like a dark spot in the egg. What does that mean? Could it harm the duckling? Does it mean I have done something wrong? Any help would be appreciated.

Hannah

 

[Erka97]

What day are you on?
If you're maybe a week to two weeks, maybe more, in, that's probably the eye. Once it develops, it's a pretty obvious black spot in the egg for quite some time, generally until the chick gets big and has feathers so it blends in more. Were you to open an egg at this point you would see why; the eyes are huge compared to the size of the chicks and they're really the only dark spots on them at that stage, so they're pretty obvious.
Unless the spot is in a different part of the egg than the chicks? Then I'm really not sure.

 

[HH0611]

I am in the last stretch. They are due to hatch on Monday. It looks like a blood spot away from the embryo.

 

[Erka97]

That's odd, but all you can really do is wait. I hope they hatch.

 

[HH0611]

Thank you. They look to be developing normally and moving around just fine. Maybe I am just being overly worried. I do have one more question. What would you say the best brooder lamp would be for ducks? I have seen the regular lamps, but I have also heard blue lamps are good because they are calming.

 

[Kelly1335]

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I am incubating duck eggs and everything is going great. They are still alive and kicking, and there are still blood vessels throughout the eggs. I do see what looks like a dark spot in the egg. What does that mean? Could it harm the duckling? Does it mean I have done something wrong? Any help would be appreciated.

Hannah

Hi did you find out what this is I have the same in 2 of my duck eggs ...did they hatch ok ?