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post #1 of 5
4/3/12 at 9:11pm
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I recently got a khaki female who should be laying, ive had her a week now and no eggs? anyway i can help her to lay an egg?  There is a Drake her age and 3 ducklings around her?

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post #2 of 5
4/4/12 at 1:26am

How old is she?

1 Pit/Chowchow Puppy (Carmen), 1 Boyfriend (Xander)

5 Black Sexlink, 3 Red Sexlink, 1 New Hampshire Red, 1 Cockoo Maran, 2 Delaware, 6 Rhode Island Red, 1 RIR Rooster, 7 Pekin Ducks, 1 Cayuga Duck, 1 Guinea Fowl, 17 Californian Rabbits.

 

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1 Pit/Chowchow Puppy (Carmen), 1 Boyfriend (Xander)

5 Black Sexlink, 3 Red Sexlink, 1 New Hampshire Red, 1 Cockoo Maran, 2 Delaware, 6 Rhode Island Red, 1 RIR Rooster, 7 Pekin Ducks, 1 Cayuga Duck, 1 Guinea Fowl, 17 Californian Rabbits.

 

Incubator: 0

 

The wish list is much longer.

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post #3 of 5
4/4/12 at 7:03am

She'll lay , , , she's just on her own schedule and it might not match up exactly to the one in the books / online.  Just keep an eye out for eggs in weird places . . . our ducks lay like clockwork early in the morning, maybe even before 6 a.m. Our first egg we found in the pond . . .

EE, Buff Orp, Jersey Giant, White Silkie, Barred Rock, Dominique, Cuckoo Maran, Welsummer and Cochin chickens,  9 Welsh Harlequin ducks, 2 Rouen ducks,  9 American Buff geese, one patient husband, 4 children of assorted ages from 5 - 15
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EE, Buff Orp, Jersey Giant, White Silkie, Barred Rock, Dominique, Cuckoo Maran, Welsummer and Cochin chickens,  9 Welsh Harlequin ducks, 2 Rouen ducks,  9 American Buff geese, one patient husband, 4 children of assorted ages from 5 - 15
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post #4 of 5
4/4/12 at 9:31am

Ducks get upset by changes.  You've moved her to a new location, so she is upset.  They don't lay when they are upset.

 

Give her time to settle in.  If she is old enough to lay eggs, she will start soon.

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post #5 of 5
4/4/12 at 2:40pm
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Thanks. i do go through the pond like a loser in hope to find the goods.

I shall wait :(

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