Mamma duck was sitting on eggs when male tried to mate with her, big scene ensued, 4 eggs broke but 10 were fine. She sat on them again the next day for only a few hours and then abandoned them because nest started to smell from the ones that broke. My question is, can these 10 remaining be incubated if they were already being sat on and then were abandoned for approx 48 hours (temp fluctuations)? Also, wouldn't some bacteria from the broken eggs have transferred through the shells, possibly contaminating the 10 that were not broken?
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Muscovey egg hatching question
barkway
Mar 04, 2006 12:07 PM
Replies (3)
Genny
Apr 08, 2006 07:44 PM
Hi, why not just remove the broken eggs so she can have her nest back? That way you won't have to incubate them.
barkway
Apr 09, 2006 10:30 AM
Because she ABANDONED the nest because of the smell from the eggs that broke....and besides, this was a realy old post....long since over.
Genny
Apr 09, 2006 11:28 AM
Oh, well what happened to the eggs? Did they hatch?
