What are CSS duck eggs?

Hand-coded Easter eggs using CSS gradients, shadows, and shapes to mimic real duck eggs – Mallards, Robins, even cartoon ducks.

How do you make a realistic egg shape in CSS?

Start with border-radius: 100% / 125% 125% 80% 80%; add linear-gradients for color, drop-shadow and inset box-shadow for depth.

Are CSS Easter eggs worth trying?

If you're bored and love constraints, yes. Otherwise, ship your app first.

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CSS Duck Eggs: Mallards, Robins, and Darkwing Duck in Pure Code

Forget chocolate hunts. This dev's CSS duck eggs – Mallards to cartoon ducks – nail 3D realism with gradients alone. It's silly, brilliant, and a reminder CSS art refuses to die.

Open Source Beat Apr 03, 2026 3 min read 15 views

Collection of CSS-rendered duck eggs in yellow, blue, green, and purple with cartoon duck references

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CSS duck eggs showcase gradient mastery for 3D illusion without images. 𝕏
From Mallard yellows to DuckTales splits, creative liberties beat realism. 𝕏
Pure CSS art fights AI homogenization – human whimsy endures. 𝕏

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