Ducks Laying Eggs Randomly

[chickens really]

Thanks for sharing guys... funny how what you read doesn't necessarily translate to real life!

lol...It never does........

Enjoy your transition into Ducks.......You might be like me and not that interested in Chickens anymore?...Also all Duck people are great and very friendly ..

 

[Krazyquilts]

From what I had read, ducks need encouragement to lay in a nest so I asked some friends to make me some wooden dummy eggs that I put in litter boxes (new Iris ones purchased from Amazon) and that ducks usually lay in the morning, so we wouldn't let the ducks out of their house until 8:30ish.

I put in the nesting boxes and dummy eggs when they turned four months old and the girls first started playing "hop on top" with each other.

It worked great for our ducks! Each morning, my husband lets the ducks out and collects the eggs which are always laid in a nesting box, especially now that the ducks have been laying for two months now. At first, we found some eggs under the tables in their house, etc, but they seem to have "settled down" in a routine.

 

[EggSighted4Life]

lol...It never does...

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Enjoy your transition into Ducks..

.....You might be like me and not that interested in Chickens anymore?...Also all Duck people are great and very friendly ..

Thank you for the warm welcome to ducking!

We had considered it for a while and the girl at the vet just went on and on about how much more she enjoyed the ducks than the chickens, which she still liked... And well... you know, I didn't realize chicken math included goats and ducks!

But dogs don't count cuz they were here first, right?!

From what I had read, ducks need encouragement to lay in a nest so I asked some friends to make me some wooden dummy eggs that I put in litter boxes (new Iris ones purchased from Amazon) and that ducks usually lay in the morning, so we wouldn't let the ducks out of their house until 8:30ish.

I put in the nesting boxes and dummy eggs when they turned four months old and the girls first started playing "hop on top" with each other.

It worked great for our ducks! Each morning, my husband lets the ducks out and collects the eggs which are always laid in a nesting box, especially now that the ducks have been laying for two months now. At first, we found some eggs under the tables in their house, etc, but they seem to have "settled down" in a routine.

I get my delivery of 10, mostly different breeds in June... So it will be at least 6 months, but I will try when I get there. Nothing to lose.

Thanks for sharing.

 

[Josey2]

I have 6 females and one male Welsh Harlequins, they are just a year old. They get locked up every night in the coop, chickens upstairs, ducks stay downstairs. Pending time of year and how dark it is in the morning, but now mid April, I let them out by 6:15-6:30am and they are done laying there eggs. Lately they have all laid them in a nest, but last fall, anywhere on the floor of the coop. I find if you keep them in the coop for a while in the morning, let them get there laying done, they should lay before you let them out.

 

[EggSighted4Life]

I have 6 females and one male Welsh Harlequins, they are just a year old. They get locked up every night in the coop, chickens upstairs, ducks stay downstairs. Pending time of year and how dark it is in the morning, but now mid April, I let them out by 6:15-6:30am and they are done laying there eggs. Lately they have all laid them in a nest, but last fall, anywhere on the floor of the coop. I find if you keep them in the coop for a while in the morning, let them get there laying done, they should lay before you let them out.

Hi, welcome to BYC!

Thanks for sharing.