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Duck egg

Do duck eggs change colors before hatching the egg is turnig a dark color but you can sill see baby inside I don't know if that's normal or what's wrong pease help

I hatched 8 of them in an incubator a few years ago, and I didn't notice them changing colour. You may see something inside, but it may not be alive, hence the dark colour.

So you are starting now with a duck egg, what happened to the chick ?

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I hatched 8 of them in an incubator a few years ago, and i didnt notice them changing colour. You may see something inside, but it may not be alive, hence the dark colour.

So you are starting now with a duck egg, what happened to the chick ?

I got 4 little chicks healthy as could be and the duck egg. The chicks are two grey and 1 black and one red with white stripes. The duck egg has been moving everyonce in a while. It changes from dark to light though and I can't figure out why this is my first time hatching. I got my two hens and two roosters when they were like two weeks old. The same with my two ducks. Do you know if ducks will lay eggs ina box like chickens if its close to ground?

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i got 4 little chicks healthy as could be and the duck egg. the chicks are two grey and 1 black and one red with white stripes. the duck egg has been moving everyonce in a while. it changes from dark to light though and i can't figure out why this is my first time hatching. i got my two hens and two roosters when they were like two weeks old. the same with my two ducks. do you know if ducks will lay eggs ina box like chickens if its close to ground?

Ducks will not lay in a box. Are they Mallards, or domestic ducks? Either way they will not use a box.

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Ducks will not lay in a box. Are they Mallards, or domestic ducks? Either way they will not use a box.

They are eather Ancona or Magpie they are black and white. They are agresive to my chickens but the female lays her eggs were the chickens lay there's so th chickens sit on them. They can't fly eather but that doesn't stop them from trying. They are scared of people to they have been like that since we baught them.

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they are eather Ancona or Magpie they are black and white. they are agresive to my chickens but the female lays her eggs were the chickens lay theres so th chickens sit on them. they can't fly eather but that doesn't stop them from trying. they are scared of people to they have been like that since we baught them.

I raised mallards, that over the years mated with domestic ducks. Had geese as well. Better get yourself an incubator.

PS... my ducks did not mingle with chickens, nor did they lay eggs near them.

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I raised mallards, that over the years mated with domestic ducks. Had geese as well. Better get yourself an incubator.

Do you know what is a good kind and cheaper

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do you know what is a good kind and cheaper

No, my mallards were from wild stock, and they remained wild but always on and off my farm because I had a pond, breeding with other ducks in the neighbourhood.and producing a white and black duck, who were not good mothers as mallards were.

I don't know anything about domestic ducks, only geese.

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no, my mallards were from wild stock, and they remained wild but always on and off my farm because i had a pond, breeding with other ducks in the neighbourhood.and producing a white and black duck, who were not good mothers as mallards were.

I dont know anything about domestic ducks, only geese.

O lol thanks for all your help

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o lol thanks for all your help

Its hatching!! What do I do every time I touch it it starts moving I'm so excited I thought it was dead but its hatching it started to peck at shell has a very small hole in it

Then don't help it, let it do it on its own. That little duckling may not survive without other ducks around.

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Then dont help it, let it do it on its own. That little duckling may not survive without other ducks around.

I have its mom and dad but they won't sit they laid the egg in my chickens nest but when the chicks hatched the hen stopped laying on the duck egg its pecking but not much the hole was leaking fluid but not now should I be worried. The hole wasn't any bigger than a pen point

I had ducks like that, a cross between a mallard and a domestic duck. Every time the mallards flew off for a few days, a month later I would get these odd coloured ducks flying to my farm. The white and black ducks were terrible moms. They would take the little ones off to the hay field to forage and come back with 2 out of eight (snakes get them).

Mallards are excellent parents.

I don't know about that hole, vannarea, the little think may not be alive; in any event, losing fluid from the egg would not be a good thing. It takes 28 days to hatch a tended duck egg; so how many days has it been?

That is why suggested trying to find an incubator.

Tick

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I had ducks like that, a cross between a mallard and a domestic duck. Everytime the mallards flew off for a few days, a month later I would get these odd coloured ducks flying to my farm. The white and black ducks were terrible moms. They would take the little ones off to the hay field to forage and come back with 2 out of eight (snakes get them).

Mallards are excellent parents.

I dont know about that hole, vannarea, the little think may not be alive; in any event, losing fluid from the egg would not be a good thing. It takes 28 days to hatch a tended duck egg; so how many days has it been?

That is why suggested trying to find an incubator.

tick

The egg is about 26 to 27 days old I can hear it moving every once in a while the hole isn't leaking anymore I can't even tell where it was its very strange but it was leaking then just stopped iv'e been trying to find an incubator but I can't find one I can afford.

If the egg doesn't hatch in two days, then it isn't going to, and if it does (these little things fight to survive under surmountable odds!) it won't last long, sorry, but I think you are fighting a losing battle. Keep me posted.

You can actually make your own incubator, check Google, or I will when I get time.

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If the egg doesnt hatch in two days, then it isnt going to, and if it does (these little things fight to survive under surmountable odds!) it wont last long, sorry, but I think you are fighting a losing battle. Keep me posted.

You can actually make your own incubator, check google, or i will when i get time.

Thanks I will o do you know anything about chicks to my four babies have fowl pox along with my two hens the stags vary with each bird do you have any idea how they get it .

Sorry, don't know anything about chickens, or chicks, I just ate their eggs and stewed them when they couldn't lay anymore :)

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Sorry, dont know anything about chickens, or chicks, i just ate their eggs and stewed them when they couldnt lay anymore :)

Lol I don't think I could stew mine

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lol i dont think i could stew mine

The duck egg was bad. I was fixn to open it to see if it was bad and as soon as I touch it the stupid thing exploded I think my heart stopped and restarted