GoslynCarter
Hatching
- Oct 10, 2015
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My Peking Ducks have just started to lay. All ten are 7 months old, immature, busy, and noisy day and night trying to make fertile eggs. The females only lay at night in a common nest which is a muddy. I have just started to find 4 really dirty eggs every morning in a single muddy nest which is covered with straw. There is an abundance of clean nesting material available in many quiet spots in a large safe fenced area. Does this sound par for the course for young ducks? From my observations the males don't seem to be successfully coupling. Do I test the eggs the same way I would a chicken egg for fertility? Thanks in advance for any and all words of wisdom.
So yes, it's probably normal. They only like nests that are private and cozy-looking, by the way. The males don't always do it right at first, but they should soon.
