After she starts laying, she will produce an egg or two a day up to 10-18 eggs. These eggs will be left uncovered until she is ready to "sit" When she has laid the eggs she will start sitting on them all day long for 28 days (most breeds). She will get off the nest for up to 1/2 hour each day after she has started sitting, so she can eat, drink and bathe. Her being wet when she comes back to the nest is important in the process of her maintaining the proper humidity of the eggs.
The egg will be fine, the mother duck will come back and lay more eggs. Leave the egg alone and check it every day for a few days to see if there are more eggs. If there are more eggs, the mother duck plans on sitting on them before too long. Keep track of the nest and in about 28 days after the duck starts sitting on them,there may be ducklings.but if you do want to help the duck egg try hatching it yourshelf there are many thingsnyou can do to help save the egg the most relible think is going to duckeggs.com or you can buy an incubater to hatch the egg...
Duck eggs can survive for hours without the mother. Sometimes, mother ducks will leave the nest to find food, then come back to lay another egg and incubate the nest. As long as she regularly warms the eggs, she doesn't have to stay with them all the time.
Most ducks incubate and hatch their eggs in about 28 days. If your duck has been sitting on her eggs for 5 or more weeks, the eggs are likely infertile. If this is the case, you should remove the infertile eggs so the mother duck can get back to feeding and exercizing.
2weeks
Ducks aren't born, they're hatched from eggs.
Yes a toad does lay eggs a toad lays eggs in long strips while a frog lays eggs in clumps. They both lay eggs in water.
leave them there...if you touch them the parents will leave them. If you have a pet that will hurt them try to keep it on a leash for the time being...it really doesnt take that long for them to leave the nest.
Ducks usually leave the nest just after all the eggs have hatched because the mother bird does not feed the chicks, they have to find food for themselves and to do this best they need to be on water. Thus the mother duck will take them out of the nest and to water immediately.
Appx 30 days
Duck eggs can be left unrefrigerated for up to 2 hours before they may no longer be safe to eat. It is recommended to refrigerate duck eggs as soon as possible to maintain their freshness and safety.
12 days
It takes 28 days for duck eggs to hatch.....and it takes 21 days for baby chicks to hatch and you can only put 12 eggs under neath a chicken.. no more then 12 or the mother chicken will throw it out!!! you dont want that to happen??? and you can put 32 eggs under neath a big white duck thnxxx have fun hatchin eggs lol bye:P :0