Hey!
So I've been reading up on runner ducks and would like to see if our female will go broody. We've been taking her eggs every morning as we're not sure if she'll go broody and our chickens used to try to eat their own eggs and we don't want to risk it.
How can you tell if an egg is fertilized? We have a male Cayuga and a female Runner and they have been mating.
This morning she laid a huge egg in comparison to others she laid. Pic below, the egg on the right is the usual size we've been getting.
Because it's larger does that mean it's fertilized? Or is it just a random huge one? She only started laying a month or so ago, and only for a couple weeks now laying consistently. She's a little over 7 months old and our Cayuga is the same age.
So I've been reading up on runner ducks and would like to see if our female will go broody. We've been taking her eggs every morning as we're not sure if she'll go broody and our chickens used to try to eat their own eggs and we don't want to risk it.
How can you tell if an egg is fertilized? We have a male Cayuga and a female Runner and they have been mating.
This morning she laid a huge egg in comparison to others she laid. Pic below, the egg on the right is the usual size we've been getting.
Because it's larger does that mean it's fertilized? Or is it just a random huge one? She only started laying a month or so ago, and only for a couple weeks now laying consistently. She's a little over 7 months old and our Cayuga is the same age.
