I have 3 ducks on nests. I was inside the duck house a while ago checking on things and spotted some eggs that my other girls had hidden under the hay..no nest built though. I picked those eggs up and decided to carry them to the trash because they've been in that house at least close to a month since my non setting girls are using the other house. There were 7 eggs, two fell out of my hand as I was walking to the house, one lost a huge chunk of shell and I could see a baby moving below the membrane...the other egg hit a dang rock and splattered, to my horror there was a beautiful black and white baby in there..the yolk broke but was huge, lots of blood all over the place and the baby started moving. I picked it up with all the mess and it passed in my hands by the time I got to the back door :-( I've got the other one in the incubator, covered with a warm wet papertowel and crossing my toes and fingers. I didn't want to put it in one of the nests with my broody girls since there is such a large chunk of shell missing. The membrane is dry as bone as well.
I was so stunned that these eggs had incubated...I should have waited until tonight and candled them before removing. Shows that if you've got a warm enough spot the eggs will incubate without Mamma duck on them.
Michelle
I was so stunned that these eggs had incubated...I should have waited until tonight and candled them before removing. Shows that if you've got a warm enough spot the eggs will incubate without Mamma duck on them.
Michelle