The Duck Thread

[Chrysolinsbirds]

An interesting duck egg I found today

any ideas? They do have access to oyster shells.

ETA: picture without the flash

lookslike someone pecked at it =\

 

[Ravynscroft]

Sorry for the photobomb, but I gotta share our new flock of beautiful Calls! Am loving the variety of colors and they are sooo sweet too!

@Julie Bird fair warning, there is lots of cute roundness and webs to follow!

 

[OldMissionChick]

Was she in a fight or handled roughly or fall? She might have messed up the egg before it was laid from some sort of jostling.

possible but not sure.

Check out this link:
http://www.alltech.com/sites/default/files/alltech-egg-shell-quality-poster.pdf

-Kathy

Thanks for the link.

lookslike someone pecked at it =\

Kinda does. But its all around the egg. Idk what happened

 

[casportpony]

Sorry for the photobomb, but I gotta share our new flock of beautiful Calls! Am loving the variety of colors and they are sooo sweet too!

@Julie Bird fair warning, there is lots of cute roundness and webs to follow!

They are really cute!

-Kathy

 

[OldMissionChick]

So i did my first eggtopsy today. There was one I thought internal pipped but it looked like a foot. Come to find out it was its little beak pipped about 3 days early. I only did 2 of them and they both looked like fully developed ducklings. Yolks were veined and a little smaller than the ducks body.

If I wanted to start another run what should I look for in the egg before putting them in the bator? I have 4 dozen sitting on my counter.

 

[casportpony]

So i did my first eggtopsy today. There was one I thought internal pipped but it looked like a foot. Come to find out it was its little beak pipped about 3 days early. I only did 2 of them and they both looked like fully developed ducklings. Yolks were veined and a little smaller than the ducks body.

If I wanted to start another run what should I look for in the egg before putting them in the bator? I have 4 dozen sitting on my counter.

Sorry you lost some.

-Kathy

 

[Julie Birb]

Sorry for the photobomb, but I gotta share our new flock of beautiful Calls! Am loving the variety of colors and they are sooo sweet too!

@Julie Bird fair warning, there is lots of cute roundness and webs to follow!

Sorry for the photobomb, but I gotta share our new flock of beautiful Calls! Am loving the variety of colors and they are sooo sweet too!

@Julie Bird fair warning, there is lots of cute roundness and webs to follow!

Hoopoose, Squeeeee. RavynFallen. Thank you for tagging me. You know me so well. Small bitty round bodies and their webs. Why are they like that? Does anyone else notice it? That they are roundness of adorableness with webbed feets? And that their faces need kissing?

 

[casportpony]

@Julie Bird , your posts always make me smile!

-Kathy

 

[Ravynscroft]

They are really cute!

-Kathy

Thanks, Kathy! We're loving these guys!

So i did my first eggtopsy today. There was one I thought internal pipped but it looked like a foot. Come to find out it was its little beak pipped about 3 days early. I only did 2 of them and they both looked like fully developed ducklings. Yolks were veined and a little smaller than the ducks body.

If I wanted to start another run what should I look for in the egg before putting them in the bator? I have 4 dozen sitting on my counter.

Dang, hon... am so sorry... I'd look for the cleanest, most even shaped, freshest ones and set those... does your bator have a fan? Sounds like you might have hot and cool spots maybe?

Hoopoose, Squeeeee. RavynFallen. Thank you for tagging me. You know me so well. Small bitty round bodies and their webs. Why are they like that? Does anyone else notice it? That they are roundness of adorableness with webbed feets? And that their faces need kissing?

Very welcome, Julie Bird... I couldn't post that much cute without tagging you, you know that...

@Julie Bird , your posts always make me smile!

-Kathy

Me too... I love how happy she gets seeing adorable duck pics...

 

[WVduckchick]

Check out this link:
http://www.alltech.com/sites/default/files/alltech-egg-shell-quality-poster.pdf

-Kathy

Love that! Thanks for the link! Here's a pic, if anyone can't click the link.

So i did my first eggtopsy today. There was one I thought internal pipped but it looked like a foot. Come to find out it was its little beak

pipped about 3 days early. I only did 2 of them and they both looked like fully developed ducklings. Yolks were veined and a little smaller than the ducks body.

If I wanted to start another run what should I look for in the egg before putting them in the bator? I have 4 dozen sitting on my counter.

I'm sorry you lost those.

And I agree with Ravyn's response... clean, even shaped, and fresh. Might even candle and look at porosity before setting them. I wouldn't say not to set porous eggs, just if some are good and solid, and some are very porous, I might leave those really porous ones out..... if you are trying to eliminate some.