Are they on egg strike??

[Mom2Munchkins]

Ok, a few weeks ago I decided to get rid of 5 of my pekin drakes. I had 7 total, and my girls were getting really worn down. The backs of their heads were blad, losing feather, ect. Anyway, so I re-homed 5 of the drakes. I have gotten NO eggs since. What the heck?? Any suggestions?

 

[sparkles2307]

Either the change upset their routine, or they are done for the season...

 

[katharinad]

Extreme heat can also be a turn off. Just give it some time.

 

[shelleyd2008]

Pekins don't really have a 'season', mine lay into November most times. I would say that the combination of 'losing' their boys and the extreme heat that most of us are experiencing has thrown them off for a while. I have 3 adult females, one is broody and the other 2 haven't laid an egg that I know of for at least a month.

The heat can and does make them stop laying, or at the very least they will slow down a lot.

 

[Mom2Munchkins]

Ok, good to know... I ask them every day if they're still mad at me! LOL Those boys just had to go! They were overbreeding my girls, and they ate like cows!

 

[nettie]

Could they be molting? My ducks always take a break when they start a molt.

I have had the ducks go on a hunger strike before. lol. They refused to eat their feed so i would feed them peas. It took three days of them refusing to east before they finally gave in. lol