Duck eggs

[Muffinstuff]

My mallard female duck has laid 21 eggs and does not sit on them. How long should I wait before removing them

 

[PirateGirl]

If she is still laying eggs she will not sit on them. When the broody hormones kick in the duck will stop laying completely. I agree with @chickens really that you should remove them and she probably won't go broody at this point. I'm not sure where you are located, but if you live where fall is approaching and the days are getting shorter and not longer, it's also less likely she'll go broody.

 

[Muffinstuff]

If she is still laying eggs she will not sit on them. When the broody hormones kick in the duck will stop laying completely. I agree with @chickens really that you should remove them and she probably won't go broody at this point. I'm not sure where you are located, but if you live where fall is approaching and the days are getting shorter and not longer, it's also less likely she'll go broody.

I live in west texas 21 eggs and she just laid # 22 THIS MORNING should I JUST TAKE ALL OF THEN AND DISPOSE OF THEM?

 

[Muffinstuff]

Remove them because only a Hen that becomes Broody will set to hatch out eggs. It depends on hormones. If she is young she isn't ready this year.

IF I remove them will she keep laying?

 

[Muffinstuff]

Probably. Why not just leave them until she's done laying?

WOW I could get lots more if she keeps it up. what would you call a lot?

 

[casportpony]

WOW I could get lots more if she keeps it up. what would you call a lot?

20 for one hen is a lot to me. Take some and eat them, or cook them up and feed them to your flock. Leave the rest until she's done laying and decide what to do then.

 

[PirateGirl]

You can mark them so you know which ones are older and which are newer if you don't want her to hatch so many, and then once she stops laying and starts sitting you can remove a few.

I don't think removing the eggs will impact if she does or doesn't keep laying. I remove my duck eggs every single day and they lay me new eggs the next day. They are however slowing down for winter already Today I got two eggs from my spring ducklings (just started laying this past week) and zero eggs from the older girls who were giving me eggs all summer.

 

[chickens really]

Remove them because only a Hen that becomes Broody will set to hatch out eggs. It depends on hormones. If she is young she isn't ready this year.

 

[casportpony]

My mallard female duck has laid 21 eggs and does not sit on them. How long should I wait before removing them

Welcome to BYC!
Do you want here to sit on them? If so, leave them for another few days to see if she starts sitting.

Where do you live?

 

[Muffinstuff]

If she is still laying eggs she will not sit on them. When the broody hormones kick in the duck will stop laying completely. I agree with @chickens really that you should remove them and she probably won't go broody at this point. I'm not sure where you are located, but if you live where fall is approaching and the days are getting shorter and not longer, it's also less likely she'll go broody.