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A female mallard duck incubates her eggs. Egg incubation is the process by which an egg, of oviparous (egg-laying) animals, develops an embryo within the egg, after the egg's formation and ovipositional release. Egg incubation is done under favorable environmental conditions, possibly by brooding and hatching the egg.
Egg clutches number 8–13 creamy white to greenish-buff eggs free of speckles. [92] [93] They measure about 58 mm (2.3 in) in length and 32 mm (1.3 in) in width. [93] The eggs are laid on alternate days, and incubation begins when the clutch is almost complete. [93] Incubation takes 27–28 days and fledging takes 50–60 days.
Average egg size is a breadth of 42.6–44.0 mm (1.68–1.73 in), a length of 58.1–60.6 mm (2.29–2.39 in) and a weight of 61.2–66.6 g (2.16–2.35 oz). [2] The incubation period ranges from 28 to 32 days. The female does all the incubating and is abandoned by the male about 1 to 2 weeks into incubation.
The incubation period lasts about 30 days. Only the female incubates the eggs, but males play an important role in the ducklings early development. Crested Ducks are monogamous and mating pairs exhibit high levels of cooperation which allow the species to live in proximity to other species such as gulls and skuas.
Instead, the surrounding water assumes the role of the eggshell, exerting enough inward pressure on the egg (2.8 times atmospheric pressure, to be exact) to keep it intact.
Usually the eggs are nested near water but have also been seen in small bushes approximately 80 m (260 ft) from the water. The eggs have a color of white with a pinkish yellow tint. Females incubate the eggs alone, 24–25 days in captivity. The males will leave the female during incubation. [13] Falcated ducks have a very intricate courtship ...
Females usually lay 1–8 olive to brownish-orange eggs per breeding cycle. [4] [14] She then incubates the eggs alone for about 25 days. [26] The young are precocial and hatch between late June and late July with their eyes open and sporting downy feathers. [14] However, predators consume the majority of eggs before they are hatched.
A warehouse in Orange County had received a late order of balut, a Southeast Asian delicacy of fertilized duck eggs, but now the warehouse had a crisis on its hands: Hundreds of the eggs were ...