Egg fertility

[Paganbird]

Sorry. I'm no help at all when it comes to waterfowl!
Chickens, peafowl, quail... horses, household pets... even people (I'm an RN)
but, sadly, I have no experience with waterfowl.
LOL!
I tried to incubate 2 duck eggs once, but they hatched on day 21... they were RIR chicks. Shelley still owes me for that one!

LOL!

 

[vnploveschickens]

 

[tigridia]

An even bigger THANKS for all the interesting replies to my queries. I heard it takes 10 days for fertile eggs to be laid after the hen is put to a rooster - is this correct?

The '3-week-since-her-rooster-died' eggs are now under a clucky chook - I will post the results when they either hatch or dont . . . .

It is also interesting to see what other animals chook people have. Here, along with the araucanas, ranger, barred rocks, silkies, and a few mixes, are a cairn terrier, guineapigs, an A2 jersey heifer, a connemara, a standardbred, and a small pony of dubious heritage . .