Call ducks laying eggs

[HilltopfarmsNY]

Hello,

I was wondering when my call duck will start laying eggs? Do they lay their first year? I am a novice to this call duck world and need some advice. What type of an atmosphere she needs to lay eggs?

Thanks.

 

[chrisoneil02]

Call Ducks will lay their first year. If they are 2012 hatched, then they should lay in spring of 2013.

My calls look like they will start very soon. When they are getting ready to lay, their abdomen starts to get fuller. Last year mine started to lay on March 5th.

I used breeding hutches for breeding. When larger space is given to them, they get more into hunting for bugs rather than mating and as a result the fertility dropped.