One of my duck eggs seems too far along compared to the others

[CLovesDucks]

Hi BYC friends,

This is my first hatch. I have 9 ducks eggs; 4 mallards and 5 runners. I candled them on day 5 because I couldn’t wait to see how my babies were progressing. I candled them again today, day 7, and they all appear to be healthy and progressing as they should but one (my favorite... I already named it “dot”) seems to be much further along than the others. Picture of the egg (“dot”) at day 5 & 7 and the chart I’m comparing it to are below.

Any thoughts?

 

[Pyxis]

It looks okay to me Is this one of the mallard eggs by any chance?

 

[CLovesDucks]

It looks okay to me Is this one of the mallard eggs by any chance?

@Pyxis yes, it is! Is that normal for Mallards?

 

[Pyxis]

@Pyxis yes, it is! Is that normal for Mallards?

Some bantam ducks hatch earlier than large fowl ducks Calls, for instance, hatch on day 26. For mallards I've seen the time frame given of 25 to 28 days, so this one is probably on track to hatch a little before 28 days.

 

[CLovesDucks]

Some bantam ducks hatch earlier than large fowl ducks Calls, for instance, hatch on day 26. For mallards I've seen the time frame given of 25 to 28 days, so this one is probably on track to hatch a little before 28 days.

Thank you! That’s great information!

 

[aart]

Great candling pics!

 

[CLovesDucks]

Great candling pics!

Thank you!