Ducks aren't laying

[Awesomeducks]

Hi! my ducks aren't laying. I have a runner cayuga mix, a welsh harlequin runner mix, and two rouens. The rouens are still babies so they're not laying but my mixes are old enough but not to old to be laying. Neither of them is molting, our weather is pretty consistent, we don't think they're obese, there's nothing stressful for them, we let them forage almost everyday, we know they aren't hiding the eggs, and they get plenty of daylight. Any ideas why they aren't laying?

 

[room onthebroom]

Just curious how you know they aren’t hiding them? Ducks & quail are very clever at burying those delicious little gems.

 

[Awesomeducks]

They have small enclosed yard with not very many places to hide eggs but we do check under all bushes, in the brush, and any other possible places they could hide them and have found nothing.

 

[Miss Lydia]

How old are your ducks?

 

[chickens really]

Age of birds?

 

[Awesomeducks]

The welsh harlequin mix is about two and the cayuga mix is about five.

 

[chickens really]

The welsh harlequin mix is about two and the cayuga mix is about five.

Keep waiting. Possibly molted

 

[Awesomeducks]

They did molt a couple months ago but shoudn't they be finished? I haven't seen any more feathers around the yard

 

[Isaac 0]

Read this article, and consider some of the possibilities .

https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/why-are-my-hens-not-laying.64564/

 

[chickens really]

They did molt a couple months ago but shoudn't they be finished? I haven't seen any more feathers around the yard

They are birds and will lay eggs. Keep waiting