3 eggs?!

[Jessica89]

Hello,
The past two days, my duck hasnt been laying.
I went to let them out this morning and there were 3 eggs!
Is it possible to lay 3 eggs in one night?
Unless my other female duck has laid one but there is still an extra one? Strange!

 

[Mrs.H]

Maybe they had them hidden? My females hid their eggs under their bedding before they went broody

 

[jtn42248]

Hello,
The past two days, my duck hasnt been laying.
I went to let them out this morning and there were 3 eggs!
Is it possible to lay 3 eggs in one night?
Unless my other female duck has laid one but there is still an extra one? Strange!

I have learned that, at least in theory, anything is possible with poultry. However, while it takes a chicken aprox. 25 hours to make an egg it takes a duck aprox. 24 hours. So, the ability to lay more than one egg in a 24 hour period would seem to not be possible. That said, I have a Khaki Campbell that I swear lays more than one egg in a day every few months.

Keep in mind that ducks are really good at hiding their eggs. They will hide and/or bury an egg then when they lay another egg they will fetch the hidden egg and put them together in the same place. I suspect they are just playing with us and that is why a ducks quack often sounds like laughter.

 

[Jessica89]

Awwww! How sweet.
The little tinker must have hidden them well then!
I wonder if shes going broody? I want to hatch them myself in the incubator so i can hand rear them!

 

[jtn42248]

Awwww! How sweet.
The little tinker must have hidden them well then!
I wonder if shes going broody? I want to hatch them myself in the incubator so i can hand rear them!

If your females and your drake have been mating then you probably have a 50/50 chance they are fertilized. You could give it a try and see what happens. How big is your incubator? Three eggs seems small for a full sized incubator. I don't know if you would have to adjust for the small number of eggs or not.