Telling the difference between a duck egg and a chicken egg?

Kaitie09

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May 28, 2009
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We have a Mallard that I have caught in the chickens nesting boxes a couple times lately. I'm pretty sure that is going to end up where she will lay (she is 17 weeks) and I really will have no idea it is chicken or duck egg. We gave her a nest on the ground, but she never goes in it, and prefers the nests that are 2ft off the ground. How will a duck egg look compared to a chicken egg. We have chickens that lay everything from chocolate to blue. From tiny to extra jumbo.
 
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No, mallards lay a celadon green egg -- if its a domestic mallard (Rouen) the egg should be the size of a jumbo hen's egg. If its a wild strain mallard it will be considerably smaller, about like a regular sized hen's egg.
 

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