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Vent check pretty much means to go look at the butt of each bird. Turn her upside down, push feathers aside with your fingers until you can see the opening. An egg stretches the vent as it comes out, so a hen that lays regularly has a vent that's wider and looks more able to stretch than one...

If it was a wild drake--only takes a few minutes to cause fertile eggs for quite a while. You said only two of the females are laying--can you tell by a vent check, like for chickens? Or do you get two eggs every day but never one or three? Any duck that lays an egg, even once, is certainly...