Twin ducks ???

[Kelly1335]

Hi new to hatching we are on day 10 one large duck egg and struggling to tell if it's 1 or 2 in one egg let me know what you think (this is all exciting) x

 

[Ravynscroft]

I did,but did not take photo I could not really tell if it was a double was very large,larger then the other eggs but then this egg is much larger than the other so guessing it would be a larger yolk ?

Could be larger yolk or more albumen (the white of the egg) or both... if it was 2 yolks, you would have seen 2 shadows from them... but a larger yolk wouldn't develop twins, only double yolkers do...

 

[Ravynscroft]

I'm not sure, at around that stage of development the embryo tend to look like a receiver for an old rotary phone, larger blobs at both ends, but the connecting area tends to be hard to see... the way it moves in tandem, I would say it's just one...

Did you candle the egg prior to setting? If it is a single yolker, then only one embryo... if it is a double yolker, then it could be twins...

 

[Kelly1335]

I'm not sure, at around that stage of development the embryo tend to look like a receiver for an old rotary phone, larger blobs at both ends, but the connecting area tends to be hard to see... the way it moves in tandem, I would say it's just one...

Did you candle the egg prior to setting? If it is a single yolker, then only one embryo... if it is a double yolker, then it could be twins...

I did,but did not take photo I could not really tell if it was a double was very large,larger then the other eggs but then this egg is much larger than the other so guessing it would be a larger yolk ?

 

[Kelly1335]

Could be larger yolk or more albumen (the white of the egg) or both... if it was 2 yolks, you would have seen 2 shadows from them... but a larger yolk wouldn't develop twins, only double yolkers do...

Than you for the reply

 

[Miss Lydia]

Sure does look like it.

@Ravynscroft ?

 

[chickens really]

Yes....It sure looks like two.....Ravynscroft will know if they will survive and hatch....

 

[Kelly1335]

Yes....It sure looks like two.....Ravynscroft will know if they will survive and hatch....

The air sac is all the way down the side of the and top of the egg

 

[Kelly1335]

Than you for the reply

It turns out the were twins checked them this morning and for some reason they did not make it both dead in the shell all vains had gone to