Daily Duck Egg Report

[Miss Lydia]

I actually got 3 chicken eggs today, I am beginning to think my chickens even think they are Muscovy's and are only suppose to lay seasonally.

 

[HollyDuckFarmer]

That's great ML! No duck eggs tho?

 

[lbrykowski2011]

Had 2 duck eggs and dropped 1 on the kitchen floor, dogs were happy. My khaki's are still laying everyday. Could it be due to their age, kinda like pullets in the chickens? Mine are new layers, so I'm thinkin they might keep layin right thru winter. Fingers crossed!

 

[Highcotton]

Had 2 duck eggs and dropped 1 on the kitchen floor, dogs were happy. My khaki's are still laying everyday. Could it be due to their age, kinda like pullets in the chickens? Mine are new layers, so I'm thinkin they might keep layin right thru winter. Fingers crossed!

I am hoping mine will lay through the winter too. Mine are about 8 months old. I have 3 Mallard hens. One has been laying almost 2 months finally I began getting 2 duck eggs most days. Late last week I got 3 duck eggs yesterday I didn't get any duck eggs and today I only got one. I suppose it is the cold snap. The chickens the same age are doing pretty well today it was 6/7.

 

[Miss Lydia]

That's great ML! No duck eggs tho?

Nope no duck eggs since September.

 

[lbrykowski2011]

No eggs at all, are your ducks all over a yr old?

 

[Miss Lydia]

No eggs at all, are your ducks all over a yr old?

Muscovy's are seasonal layers. and yes some are over 1 yr old. My 2 from this years hatch won't lay till next spring.

 

[lbrykowski2011]

So my 2 muscovies are this past spring hatch, no need for me to even look for eggs till spring then?

 

[Miss Lydia]

So my 2 muscovies are this past spring hatch, no need for me to even look for eggs till spring then?

Probably not seasonal means spring through fall. This year was weird we had a warm Jan everyone was mating and laying eggs strange because usually laying doesn't start till end of March first of April. Well Feb came cold so it all stopped and didn't pick back up till end of march, but this year they all stopped laying first week of Sept. that's a first too usually it's towards latter end of Sept. My 2 ducks that hatched in May haven't laid although they go in and do what I call playing house making little indentions in the shavings while the drake puts his head in the air and bites at nothing lol. But I've never had a duck hatch and lay in the same year it's always been the following spring for me. I like that actually they are completely mature and very seldom do you hear of Muscovy's having egg laying problem. So be patient my dear.

 

[HollyDuckFarmer]

Just in case, the eggs are white, the dots are mud marks (I took the picture before cleaning the eggs )

I'm glad you clarified, I thought they were brown spotted! LOL