My ducks laid eggs HELP PLEASE

[crazy_sloth_lover]

my duck started laying eggs, but it is winter and she isn't sitting on them. They are fertilized. What should I do?

 

[MagpieDucks]

my duck started laying eggs, but it is winter and she isn't sitting on them. They are fertilized. What should I do?

Collect them before they freeze so you can eat them . Fertile eggs are completely safe to eat.

 

[Cayuga momma]

Or you could incubate them if you want ducklings.

 

[ChocolateMouse]

Those sound like the two best options.

I suppose, though, you technically have radical freedom and could simply let them freeze and crack, or go egg a house or something. Make some tempra paints or something.

But eating them or hatching them in an incubator sounds much more socially acceptable and practical.

 

[HuffleClaw]

Agreed with all of the above.

 

[lomine]

If she just started laying and is a brand new layer, they may not be fertile. Sometimes it take a while for them to 'work out the kinks' in their reproductive systems. So my vote goes to eating them. IMHO the best use of duck eggs is in a Creme Brulee.