Call Duck who does not lay eggs

[Wild call mom]

I have a female call duck who turned 1 at the start of the spring. She laid two eggs in the fall and then nothing. She has not laid an egg all summer. She seems healthy and I don't feel an egg like she might be eggbound. Has anyone else had this happen and should I be worried?

Thanks

 

[Amiga]

Hmmm.

iamcuriositycat had an entire flock that did not lay, and after a long time, determined that there was something in the water (due to the new hose) that suppressed egg laying.

That may be the most extreme case I recall.

From what I read and see in my own flock, these things affect egg laying

Environment
Food
Water
Stress
Temperature
Light
Mating pressure (see stress)
Illness

 

[Wild call mom]

Forgot to mention in the post we have 2 other females, same environment and they lay just fine. They went to summer camp with their eggs/ducklings and she stayed behind with her mate.

I am not concerned about no eggs but am worried that it is harmful to her.

Someone else suggested she or her mate might be eating them.

 

[buff goose guy]

if that were the case you would at least see her begin nesting or some tiny peaces of egg shell laying around. What do you mean by summer camp??

 

[Wild call mom]

My son is the Nature Center Director at a Boy Scout camp so 3 of the ducks were living at the camp for the summer. This one and her mate stayed home and had the whole enclosure to themselves. No signs of nesting anywhere.