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Abandoned duck egg... DIY Crockpot Incubator? Let nature run its course?

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Hi All,

A sweet duck couple has begun visiting my family’s pool and today just the female came. I’ve been chatting with them and not shooing them away since we have a new pool cleaning vacuum thingy.

Today, just the female came and swam for a bit and then laid an egg right on the side of the pool! She left after our cat and a neighborhood cat got into some roughhousing.

Should I keep her egg for her somehow? Is it funny to think maybe I should try incubating it in a crockpot until she returns?

We haven’t had any possums or raccoons lately but we do have field mice and rats nearby. I worry that if I leave the egg out overnight the rats will probably eat it.

Suggestions? Advice?
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Swimming duck couple
Swimming duck couple
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Sweet duck with her egg in the cement groove around the pool
Sweet duck with her egg in the cement groove around the pool
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Duck egg
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Please don't take this wrong, but I would eat the egg. Duck eggs are great for baking. When Missy Duck is ready to lay seriously, she'll look for a proper nest space and lay a clutch.

She could be a young duck and not really ready to be a mom.

Raising just a single egg will result in a human-imprinted bird that won't know how to fit in with its kind.

I'd consider it a gift!

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