SWEDISH Duck Thread!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Miss Lydia]

Here is my new blue Swedish baby that came in the mail yesterday with a couple of her friends.

Adorable!

 

[RoosterThigh]

Here is the egg, fresh out of the coop:



Any way to tell whodunit?

I wish I could tell you, but I've yet to see one myself. Although, it looks more like a large chicken egg as I thought duck eggs were quite a bit larger. My girl has now been flattening out when she is in the water. I think they did the "Nasty"

as he did get on top of her. Does this mean I should be expecting her to start laying soon? They are only about 12 weeks old right now. I know that she can lay eggs with or without him, but didn't know if they are old enough to start acting like that if she would start laying soon.

 

[Onewiththeducks]

My ducks started laying around 20 weeks.

 

[RoosterThigh]

Thank you, good to know!

 

[Nickeechickee]

If above egg is a duck egg, mine started laying at 20 weeks as well...well, at least one did, not sure if one or both are laying right now.

 

[luluann]

I found a egg today from my black Swedish duck today!! Is it normal for them to just lay where.

 

[Nickeechickee]

I found a egg today from my black Swedish duck today!! Is it normal for them to just lay where.

Pics?

 

[luluann]

That is suppose to say where ever.

 

[DurhamDuck]

Quote:
We have over 20 Swedes and they mate in the water and on land equally.

 

[Nickeechickee]

That is suppose to say where ever.

Ok, so the eggs I've been getting look like that - but I don't know if it is the Swede or the Pekin that is laying. Almost one a day. Mine only lay at night and they have been laying in the nestbox/coop since they are shut in at night.