Found an egg (not tortoise)

[Laurie]

Hey guys, I was walking my backyard with Tina today and found an egg by the side of my pool. I don't know what to do with it or what kind of egg it is. It is about 2" long. Just about the size of a regular chicken egg. The color is a light beige. The trees around my property are quite large and I don't think it came from them because I think it would've cracked. It doesn't appear to be. We have two ducks that like to call our pool cover home . I'm wondering if it is a duck egg? Anyone know what it is or what I should do with it?

 

[ascott]

What type of ducks?? How exciting and a fun mystery.....

 

[Laurie]

What type of ducks?? How exciting and a fun mystery.....

I'm not sure what kind of ducks I actually took a picture a couple of weeks ago. Not the best pic, but here it is.

 

[Yvonne G]

Duck eggs incubate for about 28 days. You keep them moist and at about 100F degrees. They have to be turned several times a day.

Sometimes, if an egg has accidentally broken in the nest, the goopy stuff gets stuck on mom and occasionally an egg will get stuck to her as she exits the nest.

http://www.duckeggs.com/hatching-eggs.html

 

[Laurie]

Duck eggs incubate for about 28 days. You keep them moist and at about 100F degrees. They have to be turned several times a day.

Sometimes, if an egg has accidentally broken in the nest, the goopy stuff gets stuck on mom and occasionally an egg will get stuck to her as she exits the nest.

http://www.duckeggs.com/hatching-eggs.html

Thanks. I'm not prepared to incubate eggs. I don't have an incubator, and will not be able to care for an egg/ duck hatchling. Is there someone I can call, I don't know, like animal control or something? Or I can drive it to someone nearby.

 

[wellington]

They look like Mallard ducks from what I could tell.

 

[Zamric]

The ducks are Mallards.... I bet the egg is too!.... and since she is not sitting on the egg, you just as well make breakfast! (it's probably steril)

 

[ascott]

Mallards yes....what are your outside temps? Maybe fluff a spot of leaves and set it in the pile and let nature do what she sees fit? You can put it in a bowl filled with leaves and set the egg in the bowl...place a basking lamp over it at an appropriate height to achieve the 100° temp Yvonne spoke of and see what happens...when and if it survives you can eventually release it to join the other ducks...?

Lol...seems to me you have been laid a big fat dilemma.....good luck to which ever you decide...

 

[froghaven5]

I agree. Duck eggs are yummy and make great cakes

 

[Laurie]

I agree. Duck eggs are yummy and make great cakes

Lol, I don't think I can eat a duck egg! I've been having a hard time with chicken eggs eversince I've been looking at the tortoise egg hatching pictures in particular the one of the triplet redfoots, I have no idea why, just pops in my head!


I tried ascotts suggestion and just piled some leaves around it for now. It will stay pretty warm tonight. I'm sure nothing will happen with it, but hey, you never know.

 

[Snapper925]

I used to have a hen mallard!

 

[ALDABRAMAN]

Maybe it is a miracle egg, never know what it might be.