Grocery store eggs series 2021

[Xouie]

*pip*....... *zip*......

Meet Siu Mai (soo my), the big, beautiful pekin duckling from a grocery store egg.

Still waiting on one other, but I’ve realized that at least one of the two eggs that wasn’t moving much wasn’t really moving at all. The motion of my hand (and wishful thinking) made the mass inside seem active.

 

[Bigtom Turkey]

Wow, so it is possible.

 

[Karenin]

soo cute!

 

[Tonyroo]

*pip*....... *zip*......

Meet Siu Mai (soo my), the big, beautiful pekin duckling from a grocery store egg.
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Still waiting on one other, but I’ve realized that at least one of the two eggs that wasn’t moving much wasn’t really moving at all. The motion of my hand (and wishful thinking) made the mass inside seem active.

Congrats, I'm glad it worked out. Nice duckie.

 

[AntiqueB]

Amazing! Congratulations on the gorgeous duckling!

 

[My2butterflies]

Awe! Congratulations!!!

 

[Xouie]

So here’s the final information on the duck eggs:

6 eggs were initially set. 1 was double yolk, so no development. Of the remaining 5, 1 embryo died about a week into incubation. 1 died probably late in the 3rd week, and one made it all the way to lockdown but did not pip (eggtopsy showed it was in a breach position; don’t know if that was the sole cause).

That leaves us with two ducklings, hatched almost exactly 24 hours apart. Here are Siu Mai and Dantaat (don-tot). I think they’re Pekins, just because that’s the only mallard-type white duck I know. Siu’s head is darker yellow though .

That there was any success was surprising. These eggs were near freezing when I bought them, and no telling how long they had been so cold, much less any other shipping/storage conditions. It took hours for them to get warm enough to even go in the incubator.

Next in the series: The next grocery store egg incubation will be coturnix quail eggs. I don’t have a schedule for those yet, as I’m going to focus on the long term duckling plan for a bit first. Need to get their college fund started and all that. Really that’s the thing I have to stress here — grocery store egg hatches are really fun, as long as you are prepared for what comes out. Of course that’s true of any eggs.

 

[Tre3hugger]

So cute! Whatchya gonna do with em?

 

[Xouie]

So cute! Whatchya gonna do with em?

Well.... I really, really want homegrown roast duck... but if they’re both girls (haven’t sexed them yet) I may keep them for eggs. Duck eggs are so good for cooking.

 

[JCinNM]