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    STILL no eggs!

    It has been 2 months since any of our hens laid. They seem to be perfectly happy, sassy little things. I really don't understand. Runners. 4 hens, 2 drakes. Not more than 18 months old. It has been one of the most temperate summers in years, not too hot, not too cold. They get a goid waterfowl...
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    Still no eggs

    My 4 Runner hens have completely stopped laying. They're all about 1 1/2 years old. We went from 1 egg/day from each to 1 egg/day TOTAL (not sure which of them was still laying) to no eggs. The weather was hot here last week (No California) but has been gorgeous for several days. We haven't...
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    Runners stopped laying

    For how long? We are still lucky if we get one a day. It's been weeks of this now. They all appear to be perfectly healthy. The pic is the hens with one of the drakes. We have 2 drakes. Is that too many? We've been considering culling one.
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    Runners stopped laying

    Hi. I posted a few weeks back about one if hens who was sitting on a clutch. Turns out non of the eggs were viable so we finally removed them. While she was on those eggs, our other 3 hens slowed waaaay down on their own laying. And now, they aren't laying at all. What's up? They're all healthy...
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    Time to hatch and candling?

    Hello, all. I have 6 Runner ducks: 2 drakes and 4 hens. One of the hens has been sitting on a clutch for about 4 weeks. The other hens have almost entirely stopped laying. How long should I wait before moving mother hen off her clutch and starting over? How can I check the eggs to see if there's...
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    New member here

    Hello. My husband and I live on 10 acres in northeastern California. We do not have chickens, we have a flock of domestic Runner ducks. I have not found a community similar to this one for ducks and there are many similarities, so here I am. Below is a pick of us and one of our ducks.
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