Swimming and Visiting

Duck Names

11 Ducks Hatched:
Sunny, Zue Zue, Daisy, Atom,
George, Sleepy, Lexie, Squirtle, Delilah, Sugar, and Nemo

11 Ducks Hatched

It take hours and sometimes more than a day for each duck to hatch out of the shell. They use the egg tooth on their beak to break through the shell. They break through the shell in a full circle so that they can push out of the shell by popping the top off.
After hatching, the ducks spend several hours in the incubator drying off, fluffing their feathers, and warming up.

9 Ducks have hatched so far!!!

Eggs Day 28 - Egg 15 has a crack in the shell!

Eggs Day 27

Saturday and Sunday - no change since Friday
No eggs have hatched yet. The ducks are pushing on the air pocket, but there are no cracks in the egg shells yet.

Eggs Day 24

Incubation Day 11

Embryo Movement Day 11

At 11 days (out of 27), the duck embryo can move on its own! In this video, the embryo starts out facing the right. This first video is darker because the egg has a blue/green shell.



In the second video, the embryo moves in and out of focus as it moves closer and farther away from the shell. This second video is brighter because the egg has a white shell.

Incubation Day 8

As of April 11, the duck embryos are about 1cm long. You can see the eye spot, backbone, and tail. The yolk has attached to one side of the shell and is covered with blood vessels. The blood is bringing the duck nutrients from the yolk and oxygen that has diffused through the egg shell. These blood vessels work similarly to the umbilical cord and placenta of humans.