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what color are muscovy and mallard eggs?

Discussion in 'Ducks' started by hdowden, Oct 20, 2012.

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  1. Oct 20, 2012 #1
    hdowden

    hdowden Overrun With Chickens

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    can you post pics? i found a greenish colored egg in the duck pen. and the oldest hens are 2 mallards at around 7 months and 6 muscovy around 5 months. i'm guessing its a mallard egg.
     
  3. Oct 20, 2012 #2
    fowl farm

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    My Mallard's nest. They lay greenish eggs, but I don't know about Muscovies.


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  5. Oct 20, 2012 #3
    hdowden

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    those look just like the one i got thanks...now if muscovy lay the same color i will be at a lose lol
     
  7. Oct 20, 2012 #4
    Valntyn

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    I'm glad someone else had a picture of Mallard eggs! (Edited to add: And how pretty they are!!)

    Here's a few of Muscovy eggs:

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  9. Oct 20, 2012 #5
    hdowden

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    thank you both for the pics...i think that does it lol diffeiently one of my 2 mallards though i wasn;t expecting eggs this late in the year from them
     
  11. Oct 21, 2012 #6
    jed2012

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    i have mallard ducks in the canal by my house.... and i think thats what they look like. i sometimes take their eggs.
     

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