Help...Something laid an egg in my mulch! UPDATE: It's a Duck!

[DwarfMaster]

What could it be????

There's a big hole and It's just one egg...probably twice the size of your regular chicken egg. And I don't live near water at all.

Please Please Please tell me snakes don't lay just 1 egg. I thought they laid a bunch at once. If it's a snake....I'm moving!!

 

[Virgo10]

Wow, twice the size of a chicken egg?? I have no idea. Post a photo!

 

[sunee]

A dinosaur? I've no clue.

 

[Mel6197]

Did Any local Zoo Animals get loose? could be a Ostrich or a Emu



Take a Photo!

 

[famofsix]

What could it be????

There's a big hole and It's just one egg...probably twice the size of your regular chicken egg. And I don't live near water at all.

Please Please Please tell me snakes don't lay just 1 egg. I thought they laid a bunch at once. If it's a snake....I'm moving!!

What area do you live in?

 

[Virgo10]

I just found an article that says seagull eggs are twice the size of chicken eggs. Do you see gulls near where you live? Another article says gulls normally make their nests on level ground.

Do the eggs look like this?

 

[DwarfMaster]

Wow, twice the size of a chicken egg?? I have no idea. Post a photo!

I will when I get home tonight! (Assuming it hasn't hatched) I saw it as I was pulling out this morning & ran over to peek at it.


It definately looks like something out of Jurrasic Park!

 

[Vivianne]

I was also thinking ostrich. Be careful momma can give you a mean "kick".

 

[DwarfMaster]

What area do you live in?

Western Pennsylvania - No Seagulls

 

[rabx5]

I'm going with the dinosaur too

 

[DwarfMaster]

I just found an article that says seagull eggs are twice the size of chicken eggs. Do you see gulls near where you live? Another article says gulls normally make their nests on level ground.

Do the eggs look like this?

No, not speckled at all & it's kinda yellow/translucent looking.

 

[Southern4sure]

Whooping Crane?

Heron (eggs are blush in color)

 

[laura001]

Hmmm...what kind of birds do you have in your area? Is your yard fenced in?? Can't wait to see the pic!

 

[DVCJEN]

goose eggs are quite large. What color is it?

 

[OrlandoMike]

Daisy Duck?

 

[Cantw8]

what about a turtle?

 

[Southern4sure]

Easter Bunny

 

[Cantw8]

Easter Bunny

Don't be ridiculous everyone knows the Easter Bunny is a boy

 

[golfgal]

It is probably a duck or goose. We had a duck leave an egg in our pond this spring and it sounds a lot like what you are saying, yellow, translucent and bigger then a chicken egg. You could have seagulls in PA--we have them in MN.

 

[famofsix]

THis was on a penn. fishing and boat site:

http://www.fish.state.pa.us/faqampr.htm



. I found some white oblong eggs around one to two inches in length in some mulch around the house. What will hatch from them and when?
The eggs are probably those of a black rat snake, northern black racer or maybe an eastern milk snake. These species lay their eggs in mulch, sawdust piles or decaying vegetation where the decaying activity provides sufficient heat to incubate the eggs. Eggs may be laid during June or July and will hatch in six to eight weeks.
Once these eggs are laid, they should not be moved. Moving the eggs from their original orientation will affect their ability to hatch. Also, it is illegal to purposely damage or disrupt the nest or eggs of a reptile in PA. (Link to herp regs). The intent of the regulation is to aid in the reproductive success of PA’s native reptiles. These species are nonvenomous and are important rodent predators.