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A week after your duck lays her eggs, you can take them in the dark and quickly flash them with a flashlight. If they are alive then you will see a dark area inside an otherwise clear egg. "At about seven days after setting, candle the eggs and remove any eggs that are infertile (clear) or have dead germ (cloudy)"(Duckhealth.com). Info taken from: http://www.duckhealth.com/hatcduck.html
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∙ 14y agoMallard ducks will lay their eggs over a few days and when they are done, the hen will start staying on the nest so they hatch about the same time. If the eggs have been there for more than a week and no hen in sight, the eggs are duds. Our Hen had 6 eggs, 2 hatched and she was with those two from then on. The other four eggs remained in the nest and she never returned. They were duds. She stayed at the pond and slept with those two at the pond for the next 6 weeks, never returning to the nest.
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If a duck egg sinks in water is it alive?
Yes. The older the egg gets one end starts to rise. When it floats the egg is too old or isn't alive.
If a duck egg has a dark spot inside is it alive?
No, the dark spot is blood.
My duck laid an egg which has a real little crack.. My female duck died on Sunday after laying the egg. I did not know she laid an egg and on on Tuesday I found the egg. Is it still alive?
It would still be viable but the crack in the egg will probably render it useless for hatching. Cracks in eggs allow bacteria and disease to enter the fertilized eggs and effect the viability. Most cracked eggs do not make it to full hatch.
If you saw a duck nest and then found an egg at the bottom of ur pool and took it out with a net and noticed it was crack with some fluids coming out is there any way for the duck to be alive or hatch?
The egg would be no good once it has been cracked.
I found 8 duck eggs how do i know if there alive?
All you do is make sure it is not Stinky and if it is then it is dead and if it is a soft shell,it is also dead. If you feel the egg and it is really hard and hollow it is alive.To also make sure the egg is alive,you take like a long plastic cup or something and poor alot of COLD water in it and drop the egg carefully in the cup and if the egg sinks to the bottom of the cup,it is not rotton and it can also be alive,and if it floats to the top,it is dead and rotton:(
If you open a duck egg before crack will it still be alive?
yes
If a duck egg sinks in water is it alive?
Yes. The older the egg gets one end starts to rise. When it floats the egg is too old or isn't alive.
If a duck egg has a dark spot inside is it alive?
No, the dark spot is blood.
How much does one alive mallard duck egg cost?
They are around 3-5 dollars per egg
Is a baby duck egg still alive if it is a cold egg?
No, a baby duck egg that is cold is not alive. Because the little egg with the baby duckling inside needs heat and warmth to survive. They are just like humans without air they can't breathe and without warmth they could freeze to death and without food they could starve to death. So no if a little duckling egg is cold it is not alive.
How do you know an egg is a duck egg?
Most duck eggs are larger than a chicken egg. PoultryTalk's Response: Smell the egg, duck eggs have a scent chicken eggs dont. Also most are glossy and sometimes they are a greenish color. Also duck eggs are usually thicker.
What comes first the duck or the egg?
The Egg - another species that the duck has evolved from lays the duck egg, and the duck is born :)
My duck laid an egg which has a real little crack.. My female duck died on Sunday after laying the egg. I did not know she laid an egg and on on Tuesday I found the egg. Is it still alive?
It would still be viable but the crack in the egg will probably render it useless for hatching. Cracks in eggs allow bacteria and disease to enter the fertilized eggs and effect the viability. Most cracked eggs do not make it to full hatch.
How do you know a found duck egg is close to hatching?
There should be cracks in the egg but they are super small cracks.
If you saw a duck nest and then found an egg at the bottom of ur pool and took it out with a net and noticed it was crack with some fluids coming out is there any way for the duck to be alive or hatch?
The egg would be no good once it has been cracked.
How do you know if a pekin duck is preagneat?
a duck doen't get pregnant they lay eggs and there is no way you can tell until she lays the egg
How do you get duck egg blue?
Duck eggs blue is simply a blue duck egg which is natural you canot make it it just happens when a duck lays an egg xx
