Did you know ducks lay eggs in water?

[CedarFarms]

Yeah, especially when they're young they don't always know it's coming and--whoops, there it is.

Dave Holderread tells the story of when he was young, finding an entire nest under water (it had been flooded), and how he took those eggs home (over his mother's protests) and hatched them. Apparently, they're pretty resilient.

Can you just leave the pond for the ducks for a few hours and let them eat the bugs? Mine love to dig under the kiddie pools when I move them, and come running as soon as they see the pools getting lifted up. Yum yum!

hahah WOOOP there it is!

 

[sbehnke09]

I changed my duck pool water on Friday and this morning (Monday) I found a few eggs. She just started laying and I am wondering if these will be okay to eat. I did wash them in the house with luke warm water. I then wrapped in paper towel and put them in the fridge. I did the water test (duh, they were on the bottom of the pool---lol) in the house and they all stayed at the bottom. I am just very scared since it was about 80 degrees this weekend and submerged for a maximum of 62 hours.

 

[Eggscoozme]

My White Layer Ducks from MPC started laying eggs about a month ago. About 99.9% of them are found every morning, in their water dish, in their run. We take them out daily, wash them off, and will use them for baking or refrigerate for baking at another time. We're still alive with no sickness.

We do free range them during the day and have never found an egg yet, in their kiddie pools or 110gal stock tank. Always in their run in their water dish. Maybe we'll make give them a smaller water dish that they can't get into to lay. Duh!

 

[Eggscoozme]

As I mentioned in a previous post, my White Layer Ducks from MPC (who gets them from Metzer Farms, I believe) kept laying their eggs in the water dish. WELL, I didn't give them a smaller water dish, but I "DID" put ALOT LESS water in their water dish. There was no egg in it the next day. Hmmmm. WELL, it turns out, after checking the ENCLOSED attached Run, they had made a nest, and started laying in IT. Yeah! Now I'm curious to see, if they'll set on them in a week or so. Hope they'll do the work as the hatch rates by Mom's of any kind are usually better than incubator (save on electric bill related to incubator running too!).

 

[dkkirby]

It is always a shock when I find one, I am not sure why

They look kinda ghostly in the water.


Silly ducks. This year, one has decide to lay in no nest.............she just lays where ever she happens to be. It is always a race to find her egg before the dogs do

Yes..we do the daily egg hunt!

 

[happy duck]

Yes, I have read about this happening...so funny. This has not happen to me yet...*knock on wood*

 

[Alliesan648]

I just found 4 eggs in my pond.. I was wondering where they moved their nest ಠ_ಠ
Any recommendations on an egg picker upper? A shovel is proving to be difficult since the water is 2-3ft deep

 

[Miss Lydia]

A net? I bought a net that has a long handle Walmart and Dicks sporting goods.

 

[Alliesan648]

A net? I bought a net that has a long handle Walmart and Dicks sporting goods.

Oooh yes! thank you miss Lydia! Why didn’t I think of that. I have a dollar store bug net I’m willing to sacrifice.