Daily Duck Egg Report for 2015

[Miss Lydia]

My pekin girls layed their first egg yesterday and another today

don't know exactly who is laying them but hopefully they keep it up !
Quick question, I heard that you are meant to leave their first ever egg for a couple days ? Is this true ?

The reason for that is to encourage them to continue to lay where you want them too. After a couple days they should have it down but keep leaving at least 2 egg in the nest and rotate it out so you can eat it fresh.

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[Miss Lydia]

I'm really getting attached to the little featherheads.

Easy to do isn't it.

I love all of mine but I sure get tired of the dominant drake chasing the other 2 around but it gives the girls a brake so I guess there is a positive. .

 

[Peekkiinn]

The reason for that is to encourage them to continue to lay where you want them too. After a couple days they should have it down but keep leaving at least 2 egg in the nest and rotate it out so you can eat it fresh.

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Thank you I will do just that !
I also do not have nesting boxes for my girls..do they need them ? I have no interest in ducklings at this stage but my male pekin seems to think different haha

 

[Miss Lydia]

Thank you

I will do just that !
I also do not have nesting boxes for my girls..do they need them ? I have no interest in ducklings at this stage but my male pekin seems to think different haha

He is just hormone driven so ducklings are very far from his mind. lol I don't have nest 'boxes" I just keep deep shaving in my ducks/chicken/geese houses they they make their own nests.

 

[Peekkiinn]

He is just hormone driven so ducklings are very far from his mind. lol I don't have nest 'boxes" I just keep deep shaving in my ducks/chicken/geese houses they they make their own nests.

Arr thank you again Miss Lydia will put some extra hay in their house today

 

[Kaessa]

The reason for that is to encourage them to continue to lay where you want them too. After a couple days they should have it down but keep leaving at least 2 egg in the nest and rotate it out so you can eat it fresh.

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I put three golf balls in the nest they've been using, it seems to work. I have to unbury them every day, though. Today they were under about two inches of straw.

 

[Peekkiinn]

I put three golf balls in the nest they've been using, it seems to work. I have to unbury them every day, though. Today they were under about two inches of straw.

Oh wow I hope they don't burry them too deep

 

[Miss Lydia]

I put three golf balls in the nest they've been using, it seems to work. I have to unbury them every day, though. Today they were under about two inches of straw.

I have done the golf balls with my chickens but I'm not sure my ducks would fall for it, I have ceramic gooses eggs I use for my geese and Muscovy's.

 

[Kaessa]

Oh wow I hope they don't burry them too deep

That's about the deepest they've been, but we've only been doing this for 4 days now. So far, 8 eggs, both girls laying in the same nest.

 

[Miss Lydia]

That's about the deepest they've been, but we've only been doing this for 4 days now. So far, 8 eggs, both girls laying in the same nest.

Mine love to lay in the same nest my chickens will wait in line to get to lay in the same nest as the chicken ahead of her. and I have 5 nest boxes for 13 hens. suppose to have 1 nest box per 4 hens. Girls are nutty when egg laying begins.