Size difference in eggs

[Alburner]

Hi there! I have 5 Ancona duck eggs I’m incubating 2 are due to hatch the fifth the others on the eighth. My question is about the two on the fifth. These eggs are the only two out of the six I had shipped to make it past a week. All 6 eggs had detached air cells. I let them set before incubating both air cells are saddled but the eggs seem to be incubating nicely. My concern is I can see far more in the larger egg than the smaller. I see the baby and movement, I can even kind of see his coloring. But the smaller egg I can hardly see anything. Even the bottom of the egg has only a touch of clear area. Is this just because the egg is so much smaller? Should I be worried, I’ve seen movement in both eggs but I’m afraid the little one doesn’t have enough room. Anything I should do? Or does the larger egg have too much fluid? It’s hard to tell with the saddled air cells and this is all very new to me. Thanks in advance for any help you can give me.

 

[Texag87]

@Texas Kiki

 

[Kiki]

Can you take a photo of the size difference of these two eggs?

 

[Alburner]

I’ll try to get a good one. I think from what I read they it is from a young bird. The second group of Ancona eggs are even larger that the two shipped ones. I’ll try to get all three sizes for comparison.

 

[Alburner]

 

[Kiki]

Thanks.

I don't think the size difference is that much so I don't think you have anything to worry about.

 

[Alburner]

Okay Awesome! Thank you. You know I was thinking about it and because they are Anconas I bet the little egg is just a darker colored duckling and a bit more crammed in lol . I can see a bill and some patterns in the other green egg. At first I thought it was going to die cause I found spots but then I realized it was just marking on the duckling. I’m still very new to this.

 

[Kiki]

Okay Awesome! Thank you. You know I was thinking about it and because they are Anconas I bet the little egg is just a darker colored duckling and a bit more crammed in lol . I can see a bill and some patterns in the other green egg. At first I thought it was going to die cause I found spots but then I realized it was just marking on the duckling. I’m still very new to this.

How bright is your flashlight?
How many lumens?

 

[Kiki]

I ask because a good bright flashlight is like a night and day difference of what you can see.

 

[Alburner]

How bright is your flashlight?
How many lumens?

I honestly don’t know. It’s a small led pen light that my husband got from work. It has been working really well. I was able to see all the way up till my mallard egg hit 20 days but he pipped on day 23 and the egg was very small. His hatch was last Sunday. His egg was actually about the size of a large chicken egg. But I figured since mallards are smaller that would make sense. I’ll try to get my husband to help me get some good photos of them tonight.