A duck had layed 13 eggs in my backyard and this morning they hatched! However, there is one egg left and the mother got out of here before that final egg hatched. What can/should I do with this one? The pond the mother went to is not far away (I had to stop traffic on a moderately busy road for them to cross) so should I leave the egg alone or try to reunite them?
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Well nature has it's wise ways, so that egg is probobly dead or a dud or something. If yoou want you can see if there is anything inside the egg. Here is how: Put a flashlight under the egg to see inside! Go to: http://www.ricecrc.org/reader/poultry/du...
Otherwise I would just leave it alone.
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The mother might be back, but unless you have kept the egg warm, it probably wont hatch, it might even just be an egg that didn't develop properly. My best bet would to take it somewhere where there is an incubator, and let them try to hatch it.
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if the egg did not hatch it is infertile. You should leave it alone for another animal to eat but nothing will come out of it.
pick up the egg and throw it away It is mostly rotten and all that is to hatch has done came out. She knows when to come off the nest, And the one egg is no good
if she left the egg unattended it has probably cooled down and the duckling inside would have died
i would get rid of it before it starts to stink
More than likely, that egg will not hatch anyway. The mama duck will sit on the nest until all that are going to hatch do so.or at least the majority of the time she will. If the other ducklings were all dried and ready to follow mom out into the world, they have ben hatched already for quite some time.
Good job getting the rest of the duck family safely to the pond, though. : )
its probably dead otherwise the mother wouldnt leave
I think that since the momma duck left that egg that it is probably not alive. You should either try and get rid of it or just leave it.
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