duck egg problem

[Smallduckproject]

I couldn’t find a Site for ducks, hopefully this is allowed
My Pekin is a good layer but is not broody.
I’m about to incubate 6 of her eggs but I notice when I remove the eggs from under her to store in my garage, she starts laying the rest in really random places sometimes breaking them and I can’t collect them properly, **I’m wondering if until that 6th egg is layed which is two days from now,can the eggs I plan on incubating remain in her nest or is it too hot outdoors.
78°F

 

[em_dawson]

I couldn’t find a Site for ducks, hopefully this is allowed
My Pekin is a good layer but is not broody.
I’m about to incubate 6 of her eggs but I notice when I remove the eggs from under her to store in my garage, she starts laying the rest in really random places sometimes breaking them and I can’t collect them properly, **I’m wondering if until that 6th egg is layed which is two days from now,can the eggs I plan on incubating remain in her nest or is it too hot outdoors.
78°F

Welcome! Plenty of people post about their ducks here, no worries. Can you replace the eggs with something else like fake eggs or does she catch on? How long ago was the first egg laid?

 

[Smallduckproject]

Welcome! Plenty of people post about their ducks here, no worries. Can you replace the eggs with something else like fake eggs or does she catch on? How long ago was the first egg laid?

She seems to notice when I replace them , the first egg was laid on the 12th and they’ve been outside since then, I have 4 eggs currently and I’m waiting on two more, are those 4 bad by now ?

 

[em_dawson]

She seems to notice when I replace them , the first egg was laid on the 12th and they’ve been outside since then, I have 4 eggs currently and I’m waiting on two more, are those 4 bad by now ?

You can usually keep them up to 7 days after being laid and they’ll still be fine, according to most sources. So if they’re 4 days old and the final egg should be laid in 2 days, they should be okay If anything, the oldest egg may be the most sketchy, but I think it should be okay. Usually they are stored around 55 degrees, but 78 is far enough away from incubation temp that it should be okay. Let’s see what others think, though.

 

[Smallduckproject]

You can usually keep them up to 7 days after being laid and they’ll still be fine, according to most sources. So if they’re 4 days old and the final egg should be laid in 2 days, they should be okay If anything, the oldest egg may be the most sketchy, but I think it should be okay. Usually they are stored around 55 degrees, but 78 is far enough away from incubation temp that it should be okay. Let’s see what others think, though.

Alright!, thank you so much