need help now, trying to figure this out..... candling egg question

[bunchickaduck]

I have a mama duck sitting on 8 eggs. Two hatched. I do not believe the others will but here is what I am seeing when I candle.

1. when you shake the egg, it sounds like there is a lot of water in it
2. I can't see noticeable veins
3. eggs are about 2 to 3 weeks in age

Please help so I know if I should remove them from my very broody mama who won't leave the nest to take her other babies (1 week and 4 days old) swimming or out of the house. They have a large pond to swim in.

I will wait for someone to respond, thanks so much

 

[mnferalkitty]

If there is no veins then they are not good, veins start to develope right away so no veins is a good indication that they are no good. I don't know about shaking them as I have never shook mine to much shaking can cause embryo death.

 

[Miss Lydia]

I have a mama duck sitting on 8 eggs. Two hatched. I do not believe the others will but here is what I am seeing when I candle.

1. when you shake the egg, it sounds like there is a lot of water in it
2. I can't see noticeable veins
3. eggs are about 2 to 3 weeks in age

Please help so I know if I should remove them from my very broody mama who won't leave the nest to take her other babies (1 week and 4 days old) swimming or out of the house. They have a large pond to swim in.

I will wait for someone to respond, thanks so much

I just had this so if you hear water they aren't any good. I don't shake but just gently turn them when at my ear. Congrats on the new ducklings now get those eggs out from under mama so she can start taking care of her babies.

 

[JoMWy]

How were the eggs so different in age? If 2 hatched over a week ago, how are the others only 2-3 weeks? And, the mom allows you to remove the eggs for candling? When my eggs were going on 3-4 weeks, they pretty much filled the entire egg. I didn't see veins anymore, but I could see and feel them moving.

 

[CelticOaksFarm]

Shaking the eggs isn't a good idea. 1- if they are good you could damage them. 2- if they are bad and far enough gone they could explode on you.

Take all the remaining eggs with no veining and toss them leaving mom with the ducklings.

 

[bunchickaduck]

thank you, I will do that. Have you ever heard of eggs having that much fluid in them? Is that because they are so old? If it was a duckling, it doesn't seem like there would be that much fluid, as the baby would take up most of the space, right?

 

[bunchickaduck]

Good question. I don't know why they were so far apart in age. I need to take the rest out though, because I don't believe any of them are viable and I feel for poor mom that just keeps sitting on eggs and not enjoying her other friends or the nice pond she has to swim in.

 

[Oregon Blues]

Shaking eggs will kill them, so that isn't perhaps such a good idea.

I can not see veins on any of my duck eggs after day 10 or so. After that, all I see is a dark mass and can see the air cell getting larger.

Some eggs hatched and some eggs are 2-3 weeks old? How did that come to pass? Once some of the ducklings hatch, the duck will take those and be off the nest. She won't take care of the eggs she has left, so unless they go into an incubator, they are done.