Large duck egg :)

[froggie71]

We've had a couple of these so far, but... ouch!

 

[Alaskan]

have you cracked it yet? Is it a double yolker?

I love odd eggs!

 

[cjeanean]

I didn't know ducks laid such big eggs till we got our first...it's like 2 chicken eggs put together! Hatch, little eggies, hatch!!!! LOL, that is a big egg, though....

 

[froggie71]

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Yes, it was a double yolker. That is our 3rd one that big and double yolked since they began laying at the end of January. We once did get an odd egg after that that was really tiny. About half the size of a chicken egg and oddly shaped (had a sort of flat side). Thought it was like a fart egg, but we did crack it open and it had a yolk and looked like an embryo in it. Had a pic, but can't seem to locate it.

 

[rainplace]

This may be a dumb question, but....

If you incubate a double yoker, do you get two ducklings? And if so, what is the success rate for both making it through?

 

[froggie71]

Yes if you incubate, you can get 2 ducklings. Hard to get a successful hatch. We just incubated one and it was doing great right up until the end. They never absorbed all the yolk. If incubated, intervention during hatch is necessary as there is just not enough room for them to do it themselves. Also there is a good chance that 1 or both would not be formed correctly. Our were formed well. We had to leave all day when it was hatching, so not sure if it was a humidity problem or what.