Duck Egg Question

[rtrodr90]

Is it normal for the egg to have a watery type substance still inside? My other eggs do not have this. I decided to put it pointy side up to see if that helps. Can anyone help me with this?

I am including two pics. I penciled an arrow showing the substance.

 

[Pyxis]

What day of incubation is this egg on?

 

[rtrodr90]

What day of incubation is this egg on?

Day 2

 

[rtrodr90]

What day of incubation is this egg on?

Could it be a saddleback egg cell? I put it in an upright position in an egg carton. I will leave and re-check in a couple days.

 

[Pyxis]

Is that stuff moving around? At day 2 you shouldn't be expecting to see much of anything in there. ItsI not a saddled air cell; those are pretty obvious when you see them.

 

[rtrodr90]

Is that stuff moving around? At day 2 you shouldn't be expecting to see much of anything in there. ItsI not a saddled air cell; those are pretty obvious when you see them.

It is moving a little. Where I put the arrow is where it is liquid. But that’s the only place. It has only been in incubation for 2 days. These were rescued from our pond. The lawn people don’t seem to pay any mind to duck season.

 

[Pyxis]

I'm wondering if it's actually a loose air cell and not liquid - if the egg was jarred severely then the air cell might be moving around a little and the membrane may have pulled away from the egg a little bit in those places, causing it to look like that.

Would these be mallards? I don't know if you're in the US, but if you are I just wanted to give you a heads up that it would be illegal to have them and incubate them, and there could be fines and even jail time in some cases if you got caught with them.

If they're a domestic breed, then they were fair game to take and rescue and you don't have to worry about that

 

[rtrodr90]

I'm wondering if it's actually a loose air cell and not liquid - if the egg was jarred severely then the air cell might be moving around a little and the membrane may have pulled away from the egg a little bit in those places, causing it to look like that.

Would these be mallards? I don't know if you're in the US, but if you are I just wanted to give you a heads up that it would be illegal to have them and incubate them, and there could be fines and even jail time in some cases if you got caught with them.

If they're a domestic breed, then they were fair game to take and rescue and you don't have to worry about that

We have domestic breeds in our neighborhood pond.

Can you explain a “loose air cell”? Is that bad? Is there anything I can do?
The egg looks good other than that. I have it in an egg carton in the incubator.

 

[Pyxis]

We have domestic breeds in our neighborhood pond.

Can you explain a “loose air cell”? Is that bad? Is there anything I can do?
The egg looks good other than that. I have it in an egg carton in the incubator.

You see it a lot in shipped eggs - the eggs are knocked around so much that the air cell moves around a little - not totally loose, but loose enough that it can move. If you tilt the egg around, do you see the pocket of air at the top move some?

It's not great and isn't desirable, but an egg with a loose air cell can definitely still hatch.