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What age do Pekin Ducks start laying eggs

post #1 of 7
3/18/12 at 5:57pm
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My pekin is ~16 weeks of age and I wondered at what age do Pekin Ducks start laying eggs.


Edited by Aaron45765 - 3/18/12 at 6:03pm
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post #2 of 7
3/18/12 at 6:33pm

I don't know about Pekins from experience ( I had them decades ago and don't recall when they started laying), but I can tell you my little runners started around 16 weeks to 20 weeks (I have eleven, and it took a couple of months for everyone to begin laying).

 

I have read that larger duck breeds take a few to several weeks longer to begin, so I would think, all things being equal, that you would be looking for eggs in another one to two months.

 

A clue for me was that my runners started acting out mating behavior about a month before the first one started laying.

 

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Nine beautiful Runners, four beautiful Buffs, thousands of beautiful memories and counting.

 

Looking for ducks?  Please consider adopting rescued ducks.  There are many places and people who do rescues, but we are not allowed to post the links due to BYC regs.  So fire up your web browsers and find some sweet, grateful duckies. 

 

 

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post #3 of 7
3/19/12 at 12:23pm
My Pekins started laying at about 7 months of age, but they did have to wait for winter to be over.

They are surprisingly good layers. Egg a day from each of them, no fail.

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post #4 of 7
1/15/13 at 4:05pm
I was wondering this today. Thinking about my 5 months old Pekin. She isn't laying (that I've found). I searched and found this answer. Thanks for the info! smile.png
-Carrie

My spoiled bunch: 1 dog, 1 cat, 1 duck, 1 chicken, and an african clawed frog (with various fish).
Im a photographer (small business and photographer under university photographer at NSU), animal lover, crafter of all sorts, & one of those "green" people.
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-Carrie

My spoiled bunch: 1 dog, 1 cat, 1 duck, 1 chicken, and an african clawed frog (with various fish).
Im a photographer (small business and photographer under university photographer at NSU), animal lover, crafter of all sorts, & one of those "green" people.
Http://CMoorePhotos.biz
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post #5 of 7
2/17/13 at 10:27am

I have 5 Pekins -- 4 ladies, 1 drake.  3 of the girls are a little over a year and I have been getting an egg a day from them.  Today there were 2 eggs in the nesting boxes, one was smaller in size. I'm wondering if maybe my younger girl started laying...so I found this thread here and now reading it, I'm not sure!  She's only about 5 months (from what I was told, we got her a couple months ago).  Hmm.

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post #6 of 7
2/17/13 at 11:51am

Hi
Ours started laying at around 7 months. Surprising because she started in December. I figured we would end up having to wait till winter is over. Like like Amiga said Butter started mating with another duck (all of ours are female)and sure enough.....egg. So just watch for that, when you see her starting to surf you will have eggs within a week or so usually. It went that way for all 4 of our ducks. 

Loving and caring for...1 Lavender Orpington, 1 Red Sex-link, 1 Dominique, 1 Buff Brahma, 1 Speckled Sussex, 1 Silkie, 1 Easter Egger, 1 Pekin duck, 2 Muscovy Ducks, 3 Rouen Ducks, 1 Cat, 3 Dogs, and most importantly 1 wonderful Husband. Some simple truths about me...I believe in God and the Bible. I love my family and will protect it. I believe in the Constitution-as it stands.

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Loving and caring for...1 Lavender Orpington, 1 Red Sex-link, 1 Dominique, 1 Buff Brahma, 1 Speckled Sussex, 1 Silkie, 1 Easter Egger, 1 Pekin duck, 2 Muscovy Ducks, 3 Rouen Ducks, 1 Cat, 3 Dogs, and most importantly 1 wonderful Husband. Some simple truths about me...I believe in God and the Bible. I love my family and will protect it. I believe in the Constitution-as it stands.

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post #7 of 7
2/17/13 at 12:11pm
My pekin started laying at 4 months
Raising two boys and a pampered pekin duck named Soleil (b. 3/12/2012)

Founding member of the Pekin Duck Club on BYC!

http://www.backyardchickens.com/t/742668/pekin-duck-club
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Raising two boys and a pampered pekin duck named Soleil (b. 3/12/2012)

Founding member of the Pekin Duck Club on BYC!

http://www.backyardchickens.com/t/742668/pekin-duck-club
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