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Woman Surprised After A TikTok Hack Worked And She Hatched A Duck From A Supermarket Egg
Sometimes you see something on the internet and you just have to try it. That’s exactly what happened with Adele Phillips from Port Talbot in Wales, United Kingdom. She saw a TikTok of someone hatching a duck egg bought from the supermarket. So Adele went to the nearest store and got her own box of duck eggs.
To her surprise, one of the six eggs was indeed fertile and that’s how her journey to hatch the duckling started. It required lots of work, care, and maintenance. However, the hard work paid off, because 30 days later, Adele had a little adorable duckling named Morris.
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Adele Phillips saw a TikTok of someone hatching a duck from storebought eggs and was inspired to try it herself
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Adele told Bored Panda: “I saw it on TikTok. Somebody else had done it with the same ducks except Waitrose, I found them in Morrison’s, the Braddock white ones. I gave it a go, brought them home, put them in the airing cupboard, and bought an incubator from Amazon. I put all 6 inside and looked up the hatching and incubating process online, I set it to 37.5 degrees and waited 10 days to see whether or not they were fertile, you can tell by shining a torchlight into the egg in the dark. It’s called ‘candling’ and if you see veins by day 10 of incubation, you have a fertile egg and to my surprise, there was 1 out of the 6 eggs!”
To her surprise, one of the six eggs was fertile. She got everything she needed to hatch it and got to work
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On day 27, the duckling started to peck away at his egg and 48 hours later, he was free
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“I continued the process of turning it 3-4 times a day, spraying it with water and bringing it to room temperature, and putting it back in for a few hours before repeating the turning. I have footage of it developing over the process. On day 27-ish he started to peck holes in the egg and I was so excited! He was out 48 hours later when I got home from work, I am absolutely overjoyed as I didn’t think this would work at all!”
After 30 long days full of care and love, Adele finally had her baby duck with her
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Adele was surprised and excited this experiment worked
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This is Morris, the little duckling that hatched from store-bought duck eggs
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The owner soon found out that Morris needed a friend, or he would become sad and depressed. So she got Morris a brother named Beryl
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“I was told by lots of people on a group I have joined on Facebook called ‘ducks and chucks’ that he needed a friend or he would become very sad and lonely, so because I work all day, I got him a friend from a pet shop that sells poultry, another little duckling called Beryl and they are now best friends! Beryl is a different breed. It’s a Kaki Campbell, and a bit older, but they get on so well, he’s happy with his new friend and has learned to swim lovely too! I keep them in a brood box with a heat lamp until they get their feathers, then I plan to buy a shed and get a pond put into my back yard with an enclosure to keep them safe whilst they play!”
Adele, Morris, and Beryl are very happy together and can’t wait to go on many adventures
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Tracey Hirt 3 years ago (edited)
A few people have claimed to have done this. It is highly doubtful. Commercial egg farms have all-female flocks. The males are not needed for egg production, and their meat is not suitable for consumption, so they are not allowed to grow into adult ducks that could fertilize an egg.
BluEyedSeoulite 3 years ago
Ducks fly and if that is indeed free range, a male duck could have found his way to harem
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Hans 3 years ago
"Adele was surprised and excited this experiment worked". Animals are not for experimentation, and I condemn such videos as they might inspire others to try it out. What do you do once you have a duck? Animals are not ours to enjoy us! If dogs would hatch from eggs everyone would cry "Go for a rescue instead!". But with a duck it is perfectly fine? No!
Noel Bovae 3 years ago
I was actually going to suggest getting a rescue instead. The world has enough homeless pets as it is. Bringing any more into the world is selfish and ignorant.
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Foxxy (The Original) 3 years ago (edited)
I'm sorry but I don't believe this, the chances of finding a fertilised egg in the shops is extremely rare. You can't just get a carton of eggs and try to hatch them coz it just doesn't work that way. Whilst yes if it is free range there could be a slight possibility but she likely would have needed to buy a LOT of eggs to find just one fertilised. And THEN it is even more unlikely for a chick to develop due to irregular temperature changes from being transported, sitting on the shelves or in the fridge etc.
Kat 3 years ago
I bought chicken eggs from market (not free range) and one of them had a fetus about the size of a coin in it. Wasn't pleasant surprise when making an omelette. Until this, I also thought that it isn't possible...
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William Teach 3 years ago
Let's say this is real: how dangerous is it for a bunch of fools on TikTok to start trying to hatch ducks for the heck of it? Not because they want a duck as a pet, but, essentially for a dare? What happens to the ducks? If the above is real, what does the little narcissist end up doing with the ducks?
Chicago Dog Lover 3 years ago
Sweet story-Except highly unlikely to be true. Eggs must be kept warm throughout the incubation process. This is well above room temperature. So even if the egg was never refrigerated, it would not have stayed warm enough.
Me 3 years ago
My understanding is that eggs don't start growing until they are brought up to a higher temperature (Incubated) This allows the mother to lay eggs over days and then incubate eggs together causing them to hatch around the same time.
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Luna Lovegood 3 years ago
This is so cute!! It's also great that she seems to have done her research and is prepared to give them what they need for a long and happy life- so sad when people don't do that and think they can just get an "easy" or "cute" pet without properly caring for them. What adorable, fluffy lil happy bois!! :D
Tina Smith 3 years ago
I had to look this one up for more information because in the States, we refrigerate eggs. In much of Europe, eggs aren't typically washed to remove the cuticle, so no refrigeration in needed. Also, Adele Phillips purchased free range duck eggs so the chances of the eggs being fertilized was much higher.
Alexis Draskinis 3 years ago
I was going to comment on this point too. Having chicks is a big craze in the US as of late, at least in the NE where i am, & i know plenty of folks who are giving away eggs. No refrigerator needed unless you wash off all the cuticle shell. Having a rooster, although as far as i know, are not necessary for egg production, is not uncommon also. The folks i know with 1 have it to help produce, hopefully, more females, to help with loss since we have predators around. Its sadly, not uncommon for coyotes & wild cats to get into really good enclosures regardless of how well built or watched they are.
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Sabse 3 years ago
And then?!? Do you have space to hold them? To always take care of them? Sorry, but such nonsense should be left alone.
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New Prometheus 3 years ago
Please don't do this!!! People do not have means to take care of chicks and they will suffer in inexperienced hands. Animals are not for your amusement and social media likes & attention!! Bored panda should not promote this content.
Yeah, you heard 3 years ago
This is a really fantastic way for an egg production company / incubator producer to sell more products. It's either B.S., or inconceivably unlikely to work for others, who have now bought an incubator and a load of eggs, all because they saw it on TikTok. Come on BP, don't propagate s#!t like this
Jo Choto 3 years ago
I find this extremely doubtful. I guess in some places you can get fertilized eggs, but people who sell eggs, even free range/homestead ones, tend not to have any males specifically so that they DON'T get fertilized eggs. Then to imagine that somehow a chick in an egg can survive all that time out of the nest and being processed into a box and to a store and somehow be revived again by being warmed up? Yeah, I just can't buy it, sorry. Also, what do you do with the ducks once they're grown up? They're hardly apartment-dwelling animals.
Joseph OReilly 3 years ago
Don't worry people, this is totally real, because everything you see on the internet can be believed
Lorrie Rothstein 3 years ago
So if this is true, she would have cracked the egg and found an embryo? How can a egg company sell you a fertilized egg in a carton?
Gon Freecss 3 years ago
To see if an egg is fertilized you candle it (or put a light under it) to see if you can see the blood veins. As for the last statement, this was propably faked
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Premislaus de Colo 3 years ago
As a vet I have to say that a chance of that is one in a million. Even if this was possible, it would be depraving the duck of constant maternal attention, hence animal cruelty.
Nathan Thompson 3 years ago
Sheds are susceptible to wolves and other predators. I suggest a steel cage.
Imma 3 years ago
Actually, (I don't have read all the comments) it could work. My mum have did this, but it was with hens egg. Not sure how it's working in different countries, but in Sweden it is like someone said about "no need for males" BUT if eggs will be sold with a specific "kind of justice stamp" i, the ladys must have a male with them. And these eggs must be in store faster than others. So I totally believe that this is working. Sorry for bad English, hope it is not too hard to understand :)
Nola Jane 3 years ago
I doubt the egg even if fertilized before being packaged and refrigerated, would hatch a duckling. Eggs need a constant temp to hatch. Regardless, she's in for a rude awakening since ducks are messy creatures. Also, having Khaki Campbells myself, Beryl may be female by the leg and bill color. Males have yellow bills and feet while females are completely brown.
Kninea Smallwood 3 years ago
You guys must have absolutely no lives. Well I guess I don't either. Guess we better go get one and leave this poor girl and her duck alone.
John Bartholomew 3 years ago
BS! People will do anything to attract attention,including horseshite like this. Pigs.
Holes2Heaven 3 years ago
Even if a male duck fertilizes an egg, the cold temperatures of the refrigerator would kill it well before it got out of the embryonic stage
Manel Nuñez 3 years ago
This is hilarious. I read the title of this article on https://www.spedcash.com/ and I couldn't believe it. People just want for drawing attention to themselves.
Sarah Simons 3 years ago
*Grabs car keys* "I'M GOING TO THE STORE, I'LL BE BACK SOON WITH SOME DUCK EGGS!"
HooowlAtTheMoon 3 years ago (edited)
I always thought ducks were scary but now I kinda want a pet duck. (i don't believe the experiment worked I think it was faked, but still that duckling is adorable)
Max Thompson 3 years ago
Last panel looks like she is eating the duck. Other than that such a cute story!!
Tracey Hirt 3 years ago (edited)
A few people have claimed to have done this. It is highly doubtful. Commercial egg farms have all-female flocks. The males are not needed for egg production, and their meat is not suitable for consumption, so they are not allowed to grow into adult ducks that could fertilize an egg.
BluEyedSeoulite 3 years ago
Ducks fly and if that is indeed free range, a male duck could have found his way to harem
Load More Replies... Hans 3 years ago
"Adele was surprised and excited this experiment worked". Animals are not for experimentation, and I condemn such videos as they might inspire others to try it out. What do you do once you have a duck? Animals are not ours to enjoy us! If dogs would hatch from eggs everyone would cry "Go for a rescue instead!". But with a duck it is perfectly fine? No!
Noel Bovae 3 years ago
I was actually going to suggest getting a rescue instead. The world has enough homeless pets as it is. Bringing any more into the world is selfish and ignorant.
Load More Replies... Foxxy (The Original) 3 years ago (edited)
I'm sorry but I don't believe this, the chances of finding a fertilised egg in the shops is extremely rare. You can't just get a carton of eggs and try to hatch them coz it just doesn't work that way. Whilst yes if it is free range there could be a slight possibility but she likely would have needed to buy a LOT of eggs to find just one fertilised. And THEN it is even more unlikely for a chick to develop due to irregular temperature changes from being transported, sitting on the shelves or in the fridge etc.
Kat 3 years ago
I bought chicken eggs from market (not free range) and one of them had a fetus about the size of a coin in it. Wasn't pleasant surprise when making an omelette. Until this, I also thought that it isn't possible...
Load More Replies... William Teach 3 years ago
Let's say this is real: how dangerous is it for a bunch of fools on TikTok to start trying to hatch ducks for the heck of it? Not because they want a duck as a pet, but, essentially for a dare? What happens to the ducks? If the above is real, what does the little narcissist end up doing with the ducks?
Chicago Dog Lover 3 years ago
Sweet story-Except highly unlikely to be true. Eggs must be kept warm throughout the incubation process. This is well above room temperature. So even if the egg was never refrigerated, it would not have stayed warm enough.
Me 3 years ago
My understanding is that eggs don't start growing until they are brought up to a higher temperature (Incubated) This allows the mother to lay eggs over days and then incubate eggs together causing them to hatch around the same time.
Load More Replies... Luna Lovegood 3 years ago
This is so cute!! It's also great that she seems to have done her research and is prepared to give them what they need for a long and happy life- so sad when people don't do that and think they can just get an "easy" or "cute" pet without properly caring for them. What adorable, fluffy lil happy bois!! :D
Tina Smith 3 years ago
I had to look this one up for more information because in the States, we refrigerate eggs. In much of Europe, eggs aren't typically washed to remove the cuticle, so no refrigeration in needed. Also, Adele Phillips purchased free range duck eggs so the chances of the eggs being fertilized was much higher.
Alexis Draskinis 3 years ago
I was going to comment on this point too. Having chicks is a big craze in the US as of late, at least in the NE where i am, & i know plenty of folks who are giving away eggs. No refrigerator needed unless you wash off all the cuticle shell. Having a rooster, although as far as i know, are not necessary for egg production, is not uncommon also. The folks i know with 1 have it to help produce, hopefully, more females, to help with loss since we have predators around. Its sadly, not uncommon for coyotes & wild cats to get into really good enclosures regardless of how well built or watched they are.
Load More Replies... Sabse 3 years ago
And then?!? Do you have space to hold them? To always take care of them? Sorry, but such nonsense should be left alone.
Load More Replies... New Prometheus 3 years ago
Please don't do this!!! People do not have means to take care of chicks and they will suffer in inexperienced hands. Animals are not for your amusement and social media likes & attention!! Bored panda should not promote this content.
Yeah, you heard 3 years ago
This is a really fantastic way for an egg production company / incubator producer to sell more products. It's either B.S., or inconceivably unlikely to work for others, who have now bought an incubator and a load of eggs, all because they saw it on TikTok. Come on BP, don't propagate s#!t like this
Jo Choto 3 years ago
I find this extremely doubtful. I guess in some places you can get fertilized eggs, but people who sell eggs, even free range/homestead ones, tend not to have any males specifically so that they DON'T get fertilized eggs. Then to imagine that somehow a chick in an egg can survive all that time out of the nest and being processed into a box and to a store and somehow be revived again by being warmed up? Yeah, I just can't buy it, sorry. Also, what do you do with the ducks once they're grown up? They're hardly apartment-dwelling animals.
Joseph OReilly 3 years ago
Don't worry people, this is totally real, because everything you see on the internet can be believed
Lorrie Rothstein 3 years ago
So if this is true, she would have cracked the egg and found an embryo? How can a egg company sell you a fertilized egg in a carton?
Gon Freecss 3 years ago
To see if an egg is fertilized you candle it (or put a light under it) to see if you can see the blood veins. As for the last statement, this was propably faked
Load More Replies... Premislaus de Colo 3 years ago
As a vet I have to say that a chance of that is one in a million. Even if this was possible, it would be depraving the duck of constant maternal attention, hence animal cruelty.
Nathan Thompson 3 years ago
Sheds are susceptible to wolves and other predators. I suggest a steel cage.
Imma 3 years ago
Actually, (I don't have read all the comments) it could work. My mum have did this, but it was with hens egg. Not sure how it's working in different countries, but in Sweden it is like someone said about "no need for males" BUT if eggs will be sold with a specific "kind of justice stamp" i, the ladys must have a male with them. And these eggs must be in store faster than others. So I totally believe that this is working. Sorry for bad English, hope it is not too hard to understand :)
Nola Jane 3 years ago
I doubt the egg even if fertilized before being packaged and refrigerated, would hatch a duckling. Eggs need a constant temp to hatch. Regardless, she's in for a rude awakening since ducks are messy creatures. Also, having Khaki Campbells myself, Beryl may be female by the leg and bill color. Males have yellow bills and feet while females are completely brown.
Kninea Smallwood 3 years ago
You guys must have absolutely no lives. Well I guess I don't either. Guess we better go get one and leave this poor girl and her duck alone.
John Bartholomew 3 years ago
BS! People will do anything to attract attention,including horseshite like this. Pigs.
Holes2Heaven 3 years ago
Even if a male duck fertilizes an egg, the cold temperatures of the refrigerator would kill it well before it got out of the embryonic stage
Manel Nuñez 3 years ago
This is hilarious. I read the title of this article on https://www.spedcash.com/ and I couldn't believe it. People just want for drawing attention to themselves.
Sarah Simons 3 years ago
*Grabs car keys* "I'M GOING TO THE STORE, I'LL BE BACK SOON WITH SOME DUCK EGGS!"
HooowlAtTheMoon 3 years ago (edited)
I always thought ducks were scary but now I kinda want a pet duck. (i don't believe the experiment worked I think it was faked, but still that duckling is adorable)
Max Thompson 3 years ago
Last panel looks like she is eating the duck. Other than that such a cute story!!
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