Fertile eggs?

[petjem]

Is the white dot in the centre of the yolk a sign of fertility? I read in the other thread about the bullseye but then I noticed that all my duck's eggs have this white dot. Or is it something irrelevant?

Also one more thing I wanted to ask you guys is that we found some reddish dots in one egg like blood. I guessed that it can happen sometimes in eggs, right?

 

[Quack Addict]

Once you crack them open it dosn't really matter...

sorry couldn't resist.

The white stuff, called chalazae, are twisted strands of egg white that anchor the yolk in place. A more pronounced chalazae indicates a fresher egg. The reddish dots could indicate that the egg was fertile. Hard to tell without seeing it.

 

[iluvsedward]

The white spot you are seeing is on every egg, the bullseye means it's fertile. The egg in the pic looks infertile. sorry. The red spots are probably meat spots.

 

[petjem]

Thanks everyone for your answers! So her eggs are still infertile!

I think that she has started pulling her chest feathers out. Does that mean that she will go broody? I am removing her eggs as I haven't seen them mating properly yet. What should I do? Leave a couple of her eggs in the nest she built and see if she will sit on them or keep removing them? Is there a chance that she will go broody and sit in an empty nest ?

 

[iluvsedward]

if she is too overweight that could be why their not fertile. but anyway, I would just let her do her thing. who knows? some might be fertile.

 

[petjem]

She is not at all overweight. She is normal size for a duck and rather small I'd say. It's just that the drake doesn't know how it's done.