haha well the funny thing is, the one that laid the egg yesterday and today, was going to be my thanksgiving turkey if you know what i mean! none were laying, and that particular hen was being the biggest bully to my precious americauna pullet. but since i got that egg yesterday, my pullet has been under the shade with the others, with no sign of aggression from Red! Its like she knew I had my sights set on her and decided to get to work!
Is "Red" a Rhode Island? Perchance?
Runners are a hoot....if you need someone to get them from, try Metzers...they were very friendly, their site is super easy and informative and the delivery arrived from Bay Area Cali to Boise alive and chipper! They will ship in as little as groups of 2 and they have tons of colors.
Have your ducks ever layed IN the pond? Leslie here was just telling me about some of her pond eggs....since Ivy is squatting I'm starting to take an interest in potential yard hidey-holes...it's a good thing it's not a big yard.....did your ducks squat too before laying? I never thought about a duck squatting until my mom said she swore she saw Ivy do it the other day, and Amiga says hers squat....It makes sense of course but I always just thought squatting was a chicken thing for some reason...
I am sure my ducks did lay in the pond for a spell. I was getting 3 eggs for the longest time it seemed like. So one day I started letting them out at 10 am instead of 8 am. I started getting more eggs INside the coop. I had to do an egg check last week because my ducks are plenty old enough to be laying. So my egg check is I kept them in until 3pm that day- in their coop. They had fresh water and a lettuce snack. No eggs. I will do another next week. I will likely do them weekly because I can never be sure if they are laying on the pond. I've never seen any floating. Today was the first time we ever spotted an egg on the shore...and it was very small. New egg small. So it must be duck hen #6 starting to lay.
