This was unexpected! It's January AND she's still growing in her spring feathers!

[Saigey]

9 fertile eggs! 2 question marks, 3 non fertile. Is this duck going to lay every day forever? Who wants baby calls/Australian spotteds or duck egg brownies?

 

[Weeg]

9 fertile eggs! 2 question marks, 3 non fertile. Is this duck going to lay every day forever? Who wants baby calls/Australian spotteds or duck egg brownies?

How exciting! I wish I could take them, I love Australian spotteds.
Good luck with your hatch! I'm following to see pictures of cute baby duckies!

 

[Magnolia Ducks]

Me too. You make me think about a drive.

 

[Saigey]

Me too. You make me think about a drive.

I'm not opposed to meeting halfway! Road trip!

 

[Magnolia Ducks]

Australian spotteds worth a trip.

 

[Saigey]

Australian spotteds worth a trip.

I agree! These babies will be half snowy call, half spotted.

 

[Saigey]

Australian spotteds worth a trip.

I wanted to raise spotteds, but my spotted girl passed away from an reproductive system issue last year, when she was just a year old. But, that's why I have my two calls now, to keep my spotty boy company! Loki, the little egg machine, is on the left, Downey, my spotty boy, in the middle, and Cap, my snowy boy, who will be excited to have some new girls. He hasn't quite managed to master the art of duck love yet.

 

[nchls school]

I agree! These babies will be half snowy call, half spotted.

I'm in TN and raise Call ducks. Would you be interested in an egg swap come spring. I am always looking for something different. I have a wide range of colors with the call ducks.

 

[Saigey]

I'm in TN and raise Call ducks. Would you be interested in an egg swap come spring. I am always looking for something different. I have a wide range of colors with the call ducks.

Sure!

 

[Saigey]

I've read so many times that calls aren't prolific egg layers; I also throughly expected her eggs not to be at all fertile or to make it very far in incubation (she's only 7 months and it's January/February!) and this little duck has decided to not be typical!
Now, however, I have some random questions that I didn't think would come up.
1. When the more mature eggs in the incubator reach lockdown time, would it be safe to move them to an empty (clean and sanitized, of course) aquarium with a 75 to 100 watt bulb and use a small diffuser (with distilled water or regular water) to keep the humidity up and temp regulated for the hatchlings and keep it steady for the earlier stage eggs?
2. I bring them inside at night (WAY too many predators out here), and Loki lays in her little nesting box in their indoor enclosure in the mornings. I take the freshly laid egg out every morning, because she has showed zero interest in sitting in there all day. The boys, especially Cap, like to hang out in there, and one of the ducks rolled a ping pong ball I had as a toy into the box, and Cap will sit on it sometimes. Is this the safest route to prevent egg mishaps? I think it is, but my mother's endless questioning of this choice requires me to ask.
3. I have about a million more questions, but my brain is a bit overwhelmed at the moment since there are at least TEN little embryos in the incubator.