Help I killed Chuck?

[EastTXMom]

I'm new to incubation. I gathered eggs for ever days. I put close to 100 in incubator. I've impatiently watched for days & days.

Time to hatch. They wiggle and roll. Congratulations the waiting has paid off. We have babies. Lots and lots of babies.

I have 5 eggs that haven't done anything. I candle and see 2 with activity. They are in the middle of hatching. 3 there is nothing. I window the air sacred and two are liquid. One is intact but black. It looks yucky. So these 3 are getting thrown out. The 2 liquid are blue/green. The third is a mid brown egg. (4-5 I'm guessing)

I go outside and throw it. And what I found was a huge shocker.

A CHICKEN AND A DUCK!!!!

Now this isn't a duck egg. It's a chicken egg. They were formed and still living. I am on day 24/25. Most everything hatched on day 21/22.

I know by cracking the egg I killed it's contents. I made sure to not put double yokes in my incubator. Only picked clean, good shapes, etc.

Can someone explain this to me? I've tried every possibe chicken/duck egg combination I can think of but this chicken egg had both. I didn't think this was even possible.
I do have 2 male ducks. A mallard and a Pekin. They (& females) all share the run. A few rabbits too.

I feel bad. RIP CHUCK (Chicken/Duck)

 

[Fields Mountain Farm]

I have absolutely no clue but I'm tagging @Ravynscroft to see if she has any ideas?
Definitely following this one!!!

 

[lazy gardener]

Absolutely not possible. Hoax of one sort or an other.

 

[WVduckchick]

No way. Impossible. Period.

 

[chickencheeper]

I have know idea. I’m with lazy gardener because there is no way they both could fit in side a normal sized “chicken egg” .

 

[Hensforbrains]

This is a hoax.
There have been no chicken/duck hybrids that have been confirmed by science and I am fairly sure they would have tried using artificial insemination and still had it fail. It may be possible to implant a duck zygote into a chicken egg while it was developing but it would have to be done in a lab and it would not hatch properly because the incubation times wouldn't add up.

 

[pitbullmomma]

But why, oh why, would someone make this up?! Don't get me wrong, I have a solid science background and am pretty certain it's impossible. But I love the pic!! And that you call it "Chuck"!

 

[Teila]

Sigh .... the little voice in my left ear is saying "hoax, move on" but the apparently curious little voice in my right ear is saying "watch the thread, it could be fun".

The right ear won

 

[pitbullmomma]

Sigh .... the little voice in my left ear is saying "hoax, move on" but the apparently curious little voice in my right ear is saying "watch the thread, it could be fun".

The right ear won

I know, right? Which is why I'm following it too.

Then again, I believe in the Mighty ChickSquatch....

 

[EastTXMom]

Absolutely not possible. Hoax of one sort or an other.

Thank you for your opinion. I wouldn't get on here with the possibility of looking like an idiot. I just really was/am looking for answers.