Daily Duck Egg Report for 2015

[Miss Lydia]

The real surprise is Snow. Everything I have read says Pekins are super meat birds, but so-so layers. She put out an egg every day right through the winter. It was always 1 Snow Egg and 1 or 2 other random eggs. I can only identify 3 eggs from my flock Snow: 100g and larger pure white (She calmed down to "normal" big single yolk eggs, for a while she was laying HUGE double yolkers). Tella & Ettie (Rouens) 90-99g light salmon colored. Everyone else 62-86g white, green or salmon colored. Snow is a determined, opinionated and vocal girl! (She never quacks, but she mutters and honks ALL the time.)

You should take a pic when you have gathered the different colors I'd like to see them. I wonder if Snow has a little goose in her since she honks some lol

 

[jtn42248]

My adults (Khaki's and Blue Swedish) have stopped laying alltogether for some reason. They were laying an egg a day for several months. The Cayugas though are laying 10-12 eggs daily, mostly overnight, from the 14 females. I am tempted to incubate some of them as they have been mating pretty regularly. I just don't know if I am ready for a bunch of ducklings since my geese seem to be nesting now and I am pretty focused on them.

 

[Miss Lydia]

My adults (Khaki's and Blue Swedish) have stopped laying alltogether for some reason. They were laying an egg a day for several months. The Cayugas though are laying 10-12 eggs daily, mostly overnight, from the 14 females. I am tempted to incubate some of them as they have been mating pretty regularly. I just don't know if I am ready for a bunch of ducklings since my geese seem to be nesting now and I am pretty focused on them.

Then don't you diff don't want to be over whelmed since you never know if for some unknown reason you have to bring goslings inside. Hopefully not.

 

[18angovem]

Wow that's alot of eggs do you eat them. I bet they are cute actually I don't think I've ever seen a call duck egg.I have a bantam game hen who lays a small creamy colored egg.

Have no Muscovy's ever who have laid a double yolker which I am thankful for because it's hard enough to pass the normal ones, i do have a couple EE's that every once in a while lay a double yolker.

To have ducks that lay different colored eggs is really cool I get blue from my EE's and then the rest are beige other than my geese who lay white not a gold egg in the bunch either.

Only ever ate two. Rest I try to hatch

 

[Miss Lydia]

Only ever ate two. Rest I try to hatch

Well how's that going you must have alot of call ducks! lol

 

[18angovem]

Well how's that going you must have alot of call ducks! lol

Well call ducks are sooo hard to hatch and with my bad incubator I didnt get any to hatch. Gave about 10 to a school teacher. Will see if he hatched those. He really is being irresponsible with them and doesnt care about humidity, temp, etc. So I think I am going to have to take the eggs back if he doesnt get his game together.

 

[Kaessa]

Let us know what you find under there.

Will do! It's coming out tomorrow or Sunday, it should be interesting. I'll take pictures if we find anything.

 

[Miss Lydia]

Will do! It's coming out tomorrow or Sunday, it should be interesting. I'll take pictures if we find anything.

 

[Miss Lydia]

Well call ducks are sooo hard to hatch and with my bad incubator I didnt get any to hatch. Gave about 10 to a school teacher. Will see if he hatched those. He really is being irresponsible with them and doesnt care about humidity, temp, etc. So I think I am going to have to take the eggs back if he doesnt get his game together.

Aww that's too bad you didn't hatch any. And about the teacher too.

 

[Tevyes Dad]

You should take a pic when you have gathered the different colors I'd like to see them. I wonder if Snow has a little goose in her since she honks some lol

Request granted. Last Sunday we had given every last egg away. This week we ate 8 eggs. We just pick them up an wash them when we use them to keep the natural coating on them. Time to start giving them away again...




I think snow is a little goose. She's white, at 11 lbs she is 1/2 - 3/4 the size of a goose. She will stand up to me and would push me around if I let her. She is definitely more analytical than the rest of the ducks. Most of the ducks I can follow their thoughts to "if this, then this". Snow seems to think "if this, then this which in turn means this". I don't know if that makes any sense, but she is most certainly the smart one. The honking is only done by 3 duck types in my flock. My WH has the highest honk, my Swedish have a significantly lower honk, and Snow honks very low... about like a goose. Runners have their special hyper-chatter. And all the ducks chatter and occasionally quack. And of course the drakes have their ridiculous kazoo quack.

BTW, I did find an egg in the yard later today under the chair I usually sit in which brings today in at 8 eggs.