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my 2 white aylesbury-type ducks lay green eggs. They came from a smallholding with aylesbury and runner ducks so I suspect a cross-breed. Definite green so I don't really get the 'duck egg blue' thing. It's not a greeny blue or a bluey green.

thanks for that. Today I spoke to the man whose eggs I hatched and he said the same thing: have they got a tail curl? If not, I have 2 girls. Well, 2 girls it is then. So, I guess I need to retrieve those eggs from my broody and think again. New question: DO DUCKS MATE FOR LIFE? ARE THEY...

I'm a novice, having hatched some duck eggs under my broody last summer (June 2015) and now I'm REALLY CONFUSED My 2 ducks were doing mating-type behaviour (mounting) so I assumed I had a duck and a drake, but now I'm getting 2 eggs a day. These birds are aylesbury-type: white with yellow...