My girls and I have been watching a mama duck with her eggs in my flower bed for almost a month. Well, unfortuantly the mama duck got killed on Tuesday Anyway I put the eggs on a towel in a carboard box with a towel over them and I sat the box on a heating pad. I have been turning the eggs and misting them with warm water. I have been reading about candleing and have done so but don't know what I am looking for. I see a air pocket in each egg but no movement. I put them in a cup with 99 degree water today and the all eggs floated slightly about the water but again no movement. I don't know what kind of duck the mother is. All I know is she is black and white. I went today (payday) and bought food for baby ducks just in case, heat lamp and thomometer. I took the heating pad out from under the box and put the heat lamp on them. The temp is at 99. after my kids and I watching her all this time I feel invested.I want to help! I am not for sure how far along the eggs are but they don't smell.