Viable or Not..Cayuga Duck Eggs.

[1DuckMore]

I have tried to hatch my Cayuga ducklings eggs for a couple months after a few of my ducks were killed or carried away. This is my first year with Ducks and I hatched them myself in the Spring. I had zero success until right before Christmas when one shocked me by hatching such a little miracle. Now I’ve had a second hatch and there are four more eggs in the incubator. I had almost tossed the one that hatched first because it was so dark inside and I could not see motion or hear sound from inside. But it had an air pocket and it didn’t smell, so I kept it in hopes of posting here and asking fpr your thoughts, but it hatched before that happened! There are now five eggs left in the incubator, and I am posting pictures of each. I am not confident of any of them, though the last photograph does look quite a bit like the those that hatched. There are two pictures of each egg

I appreciate any insight and help you can offer. Thank you.

 

[sourland]

3 and 5 look viable to me. How long have 2 and 4 been incubated? 1 looks 'bad' to me.

 

[1DuckMore]

3 and 5 look viable to me. How long have 2 and 4 been incubated? 1 looks 'bad' to me.

Egg 2 is marked with a date of 11/27 and 4 is marked 12/7, easily the newest egg in there, having been the last leg laid before the girls stopped laying eggs for Winter. Thanks for your help!

 

[Chickenshannanigans]

3&5 look good. 5 for sure. 2&4 look too new for me to tell and 1 looks like the start of a rotten egg. Congrats on your new baby duck! And good luck!

 

[1DuckMore]

3&5 look good. 5 for sure. 2&4 look too new for me to tell and 1 looks like the start of a rotten egg. Congrats on your new baby duck! And good luck!

Thank you so much - I really appreciate your assessment and well wishes!