Grocery store eggs series 2021

[Tonyroo]

At 5.5 days I see no evidence of development in any of the eggs. (I have a light strong enough to view the dark brown.) I’m ending this set:

Success: 0%
Duration: 6 days*

*I’m pulling them out when the duck eggs go in later

Sorry to hear that they were infertile. Good thing too much time wasn't lost.

 

[Xouie]

Swing and a miss! Better luck with your duck eggs. Which store are those from? And asian market?

I was surprisingly successful with my first, and only, duck hatch last year. I used the Metzer guide. Which has you wet the eggs and leave them on the counter to cool (after day 10) to simulate the waterfowl hen.

https://www.metzerfarms.com/IncubatingAndHatching.cfm

The duck eggs are from a local Asian market chain. I’m hoping that a small chain will have higher product turnaround while still using small scale sources.

 

[Xouie]

Phase 2, start date 1/5/21

Species: duck
Brand: N/A, sold as single eggs
Breed: unknown
Store: New Sang Chong in San Leandro
Purchase by date: N/A
Cost: $1.09 x 6 = $6.54

Expectation: Moderate. Some factors may favor development, but no way of knowing if drakes are present in the source flock. These are fresh eggs (very small air cells). Several show evidence of washing. Eggs were kept very cold in the store.

 

[Anne02]

Good luck! I'll be watching this thread for sure.

 

[ChickForLife]

Good luck! I hope these develop!

 

[Karenin]

Good luck!

 

[My2butterflies]

Sorry to hear the chicken eggs were duds, I hope you’ll see development in the duck eggs!

 

[Xouie]

So just a note about the new set: these seem a bit larger than the eggs we used to get from our ducks.

A comparison picture with quarter coin, standard quail egg, large brown egg (from chicken egg set), duck egg, dollar bill.

 

[Rysktal]

 

[Tonyroo]

When do you candle the duck eggs?
Does it still fall on day 7?
Since duck egg incubation is longer.