Duck eggs look to be fertile but no development?

[Xlozrow92X]

Second picture, bottom one, that's not fertilized. It has to have a white ring around the white dot.

I thought that with that one , I don't understand why some of them are going funny looking too with all the white stuff on them ?, I have quite a few eggs in ATM so I will see if any develop from these ones. Is there such thing as the ducks being too young ? Or certain breeds not being able to breed with others ?

 

[Canadian Wind]

I personally wouldn't try to hatch eggs from first-year ducks or chickens.

Breed has nothing to do with it (unless we're talking domestic ducks and Muscovy, which are different *species* and can sometimes produce sterile offspring). All domestic ducks are derived from mallards. Now, SIZE difference could be an issue.

 

[Xlozrow92X]

The male seems to manage to mate better with the smaller on and seems to have paired more with the black Swedish than the magpie. May I ask why you would not try and incubate first year ducks .

 

[NatJ]

I can not tell if you are genuinely trying to be helpful with this above comment ?. I did not request a definition on fertile/fertilized?. I was hoping to get answers as to why the eggs I have collected and tried to incubate look the way they do and are not developing, despite my male duck frequently mating with both females.

I was responding to a post that someone else had made in the thread (the post I quoted in my lengthy response.)

I could summarize their post and mine this way:
them-- "A word is being used wrong."
me-- "It is not wrong. Let me explain..."

It has no bearing on whether your eggs are able to hatch or not. It only has to do with what words are used to talk about the situation. I agree, it is not what you were actually asking about.

 

[Canadian Wind]

The male seems to manage to mate better with the smaller on and seems to have paired more with the black Swedish than the magpie. May I ask why you would not try and incubate first year ducks .

They're reproductive organs are still developing. Eggs can be smaller, and everything is not fully mature in there yet.

Oh, just thought of this: did you know that female ducks can actually prevent a male from fertilizing her?

 

[Xlozrow92X]

They're reproductive organs are still developing. Eggs can be smaller, and everything is not fully mature in there yet.

Oh, just thought of this: did you know that female ducks can actually prevent a male from fertilizing her?

So update I have one egg that is developing, however this egg has a hairline fracture which I have done research on and put tape over it and now it's just a case of keeping my fingers crossed , I believe this egg to be my female magpie and not the black swedish , I was hoping for eggs from the black swedish x stanbridge white for a few reasons. And no I did not know that , that is very interesting .