Candling?

[Goat_Walker]

Does any one have pics of their candled duck eggs? Like what the good ones look like or what the bad ones look like?


I just came in from candling my 15 or so duck eggs and got quite a few different results.

 

[Crazy4Chicks]

I have tried to take pictures of my duck eggs - but they never come out very good -

what day are your eggs on ? I have some in the bator now - not sure what day they are I found them in the duck house baried under some shavings and when I candled them they already had veins so I popped them in the bator -- I just hatched 3 ducklings about 2 weeks ago lol

 

[MissPrissy]

These are chicken eggs but it is generally the same with some time adjustment as ducks take longer to hatch.

http://www.minkhollow.ca/HatchingProgram/Candling/index.html

 

[Goat_Walker]

The first one fo the 15 is day 28 tomorrow

 

[MissPrissy]

It should be very dark.

What kind of ducks? some incubate 28 - 32 days and muscovies take 35.

 

[Goat_Walker]

Mom is a buff dad is a mallard.

 

[MissPrissy]

28 - 32 days. But, make sure you are counting Day 1 on the day she actually began sitting, not the day she laid the first egg.

 

[Goat_Walker]

She has been setting since the second egg at least, thats when I became aware that she had eggs. The first egg was laid on the 2nd.

 

[MissPrissy]

28 is not a magic number it can take longer for some eggs. I suggest leaving her alone and don't bother her again. She will be clutching tight to her eggs from here on out. Stressing her may cause her toleave the eggs.

 

[Goat_Walker]

That wont be a problem, since i am leaving at 3 am, Ill just let my mom know

Thank you so much!