ok, so last summer I bought one indian runner duck and one runner drake. also 4 Cayuga ducks, and one Cayuga/ indian runner cross duck. The cross and the indian runner started laying last fall, and this spring, the cayugas joined them. for a couple months we were getting 6 eggs a day...way more...
this july 7 I got ducks for the first time.....mostly for eggs. i've never even had chickens before. We got 3 cayugas that were 4 months old, (now 7-8)and a cayuga/runner cross that was about 7 months old (now 11).....all females. We have a large garden / vineyard area that has an 8 foot deer...