Tainan woman returns home to find hatched ducklings
Tainan woman returns home to find hatched ducklings
2025-07-07
A Tainan woman whose mother had bought duck eggs to eat and left them sitting for two weeks came home to an interesting surprise one evening – the quacking of ducklings. To her astonishment, eggs that were meant to be food had cracked open, and tiny ducklings had emerged. The woman, Ms. Pan, was both shocked and thrilled.
What this woman thought was an unfertilized duck egg had cracked open, and a tiny duckling poked its head out. She quickly wrapped the duckling in a towel to keep it warm.
Voice of Ms. Pan
Unexpected duck mom
When I got home from work, my mom told me that while she was busy in the kitchen that morning, she heard quacking sounds. She went to see where the noise was coming from and found that one of the eggs she bought had cracked, and a duckling had emerged from it.
Later, the other eggs hatched as well. She shared photos of the ducklings online, which were widely reshared. It all started about two weeks ago, when Ms. Pan’s mother had bought duck eggs from a friend. She left them sitting in the house—and unexpectedly, they hatched. A total of seven ducklings were hatched from the eggs. One didn’t survive, but the remaining six were well taken care of: given a cozy nest and a small basin to splash in. Ms. Pan’s family all chipped in to take care of the new pets.
Voice of Ms. Pan
Unexpected duck mom
My mom’s friend didn’t explain clearly. She just told her they were duck eggs, so my mom thought they were salted duck eggs and left them in the kitchen.
Normally, duck eggs sold in markets are from egg-laying ducks raised on farms, and these eggs are typically unfertilized, meaning they won’t hatch.
Hsu Hsing-chun
Tainan Agricultural Bureau
There must have been a male duck present in the environment where the mother duck was raised, which led to the eggs being fertilized. And with the right external conditions—such as sufficient warmth—ducklings can hatch.
Though it’s extremely rare for store-bought duck eggs to hatch, this special experience has turned Ms. Pan into an instant duck mom. She plans to raise the ducklings as pets.
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買鴨蛋忘記了! 熱到孵出7隻小黃鴨 民眾又驚又喜
2025-07-07
台南有一位民眾將買來的鴨蛋放在家中，長達大半個月，不過卻在某一天聽見小鴨子的叫聲，仔細一看，原本要買來吃的鴨蛋居然殼破了孵出小鴨來，讓目睹的潘小姐覺得又驚又喜。
原以為只是一顆吃的鴨蛋，沒想到隨著彈殼緩緩裂開，一隻黃毛小鴨探出頭來，民眾見狀趕緊拿毛巾將牠包起來保暖。
[[聲源:當事者 潘小姐]]
“我下班回家的時候，媽媽告知我說，她今天早上在廚房忙的時候，聽到像是嘎嘎嘎的聲音，發現蛋已經破了，甚至鴨子已經跑出來了”
網友將照片PO上網，跟大家分享這份喜悅，原來潘小姐的媽媽，半個月前購買了幾顆鴨蛋，沒想到放著放著竟然孵出鴨來，總共七隻小鴨無預警誕生，雖然後來只剩下六隻存活，不過網友不但替他們準備小窩，還放了澡盆讓他們戲水，細心呵護，就像自己的小寶貝一樣。
[[聲源:當事者 潘小姐]]
“媽媽的那位朋友，其實沒有跟她講得很清楚，她就是跟她說鴨蛋，她誤以為是鹹鴨蛋的東西，她就隨手放在可能廚房”
根據了解，其實一般民眾在市面上購買的鴨蛋，通常都是從蛋鴨場來的，而蛋鴨場的母鴨所生的鴨蛋，一般屬於未受精鴨蛋，並不會生出小鴨。
[[台南市農業局畜產科長 徐幸君]]
“應該是母鴨在飼養的環境中，有公鴨的存在，而導致母鴨所產出的是受精蛋，而外在環境，溫度等條件，足夠的情況之下就孵出小鴨”
雖然買來的鴨蛋孵出小鴨的機率相當低，但這次的特別經驗，也讓這名潘小姐瞬間升格當媽，打算自己將鴨子們當成寵物來照顧。
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