Found an egg on my dock

[can't get enough chicken]

Yeah I did. A farmer found them. He was plowing a field last spring and he hit the hen. She was sitting really tight and flew up at the last second. That happened on two separate nests. He called me, feeling really bad. He knew I had an incubator and asked if I could take them. 3 eggs were dented because they got hit. In the first pic the one on the lower right was chipped from it. I guessed the really green ones were about 15 days along (they were all in a nest together, from the same mom) and they lighter ones were maybe 3 days. That was a really staggered hatch. I hatched them and then I gave them to a rehab place. I thought it was funny that each nest had 9 eggs. All of them hatched, dented and all. I'll post some pics of the littles just for fun

I would love to see pictures! That is such an amazing thing that you did.
And ALL hatched? Wild!

 

[MGG]

 

[MGG]

I would love to see pictures! That is such an amazing thing that you did.
And ALL hatched? Wild!

Thanks. Yep, every single one. They were so adorable.

 

[MGG]

That one duckling was such a ham, loved posing for pics.

 

[can't get enough chicken]

My heart! They are SO cute!

 

[MGG]

Thanks! Keep us updated with your little mystery baby! I can't wait to see how this turns out! Btw, I have the same incubator so if you have any questions or problems with it feel free to ask.

 

[lena_]

Following! It looks like a mallard egg to me but I could be wrong. I'm a wildlife rehabber and I incubate eggs that people find. Mallard eggs can be very bright blue like yours is, however they are very similar in size, and the way they develop to heron eggs (the incubation period).
Good luck!

 

[can't get enough chicken]

Following! It looks like a mallard egg to me but I could be wrong. I'm a wildlife rehabber and I incubate eggs that people find. Mallard eggs can be very bright blue like yours is, however they are very similar in size, and the way they develop to heron eggs (the incubation period).
Good luck!

Have you seen an egret egg before? Or incubated one?

 

[lena_]

Have you seen an egret egg before? Or incubated one?

Someone bought in a nest of cattle egret eggs they found in their cow paddock (the female had been crushed by their tractor) and I hatched them. They were fairly far along already, but they were very similar to mallard eggs. If the guy that bought them in hadn't told me they were egret eggs I would have guessed mallard.
They did best on relatively high humidity. I reared the chicks before releasing them at the sanctuary I work with.
Your egg looks like it is developing normally, definitely healthy veins. Be sure not to over candle, and thoroughly wash your hands before touching the eggs. It's normal for the air cell to quite small at this stage.
Good luck!

 

[can't get enough chicken]

Someone bought in a nest of cattle egret eggs they found in their cow paddock (the female had been crushed by their tractor) and I hatched them. They were fairly far along already, but they were very similar to mallard eggs. If the guy that bought them in hadn't told me they were egret eggs I would have guessed mallard.
They did best on relatively high humidity. I reared the chicks before releasing them at the sanctuary I work with.
Your egg looks like it is developing normally, definitely healthy veins. Be sure not to over candle, and thoroughly wash your hands before touching the eggs. It's normal for the air cell to quite small at this stage.
Good luck!

Thank you! I really appreciate your advice. Is 55% humidity what you suggest?