Found some duck eggs at local pond- you think they will hatch?

[KiwiandPeachthePigeons]

I found some nests with a few eggs in it and collected the eggs and wanted to know if there was any chance they may hatch if I incubated them. I candled them and all showed no sign of development, and when cracked open they had no odor. There is 20+ ducks at this pond, and there’s been... you know...
Anyways, thoughts?

 

[Isaac 0]

If the egg's are undeveloped, it would be best to leave them where you have found them.

 

[TomCahalan]

Stealing eggs from wild mallards is illegal. You don't even have a good reason for breaking the law.

The eggs showed no development because their mothers hadn't started incubating yet. The mother only starts to incubate when she has a full clutch of eggs, that way all of the eggs hatch simultaneously. Now the ducks have to start all over from zero.

 

[Duck mommy 2019]

I found some nests with a few eggs in it and collected the eggs and wanted to know if there was any chance they may hatch if I incubated them. I candled them and all showed no sign of development, and when cracked open they had no odor. There is 20+ ducks at this pond, and there’s been... you know...
Anyways, thoughts?

she was in the process of laying them, now she won’t take them back

 

[Jenwisp]

I am just curious why you would crack them open?