Blackdodge89
In the Brooder
- Aug 19, 2016
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Hello, I'm new to this site so forgive me if this has been answered in previous threads. I searched and saw people asked the same question, but never got answered.
My wife and I have two Pekin/Muscovy hybrid (decided by local farm store, we rescued them). They are around 2 1/2 years old. The female has been laying the ENTIRE time we have had them, almost one a day. I built them a nice sized coop, they've got about a 200 gallon pond to swim in, I let them roam around in a section of our yard all day and lock them up safely at night... I would say they are about as happy as tame, pet ducks could be.
This past easter, the same local farm store had ducklings left over and the salesman talked us into saving the two last ducks they had. We took them home and kept them separate from the adults because the adult drake didn't like them very much. They've since imprinted on him and follow him around EVERYWHERE.They are roughly 6 months old.
Now to my question... Total I have got two drakes and two females. The adult male/female and baby male/female. I haven't seen an egg since we have gotten the babies. She did molt, so I thought maybe that was it... but she still hasn't laid an egg 5 months later. They all seem healthy; eat, drink, swim, run... I can get dimensions of the coop when I get home, but I really don't think size is an issue because when I built it, I knew we would probably get two more so I sized it for future flock expansion. We change the straw religiously once a week and the water in the pond twice a week so I don't believe dirty conditions play a factor either.
Any insight would be appreciated! Thank you all and may God bless!
My wife and I have two Pekin/Muscovy hybrid (decided by local farm store, we rescued them). They are around 2 1/2 years old. The female has been laying the ENTIRE time we have had them, almost one a day. I built them a nice sized coop, they've got about a 200 gallon pond to swim in, I let them roam around in a section of our yard all day and lock them up safely at night... I would say they are about as happy as tame, pet ducks could be.
This past easter, the same local farm store had ducklings left over and the salesman talked us into saving the two last ducks they had. We took them home and kept them separate from the adults because the adult drake didn't like them very much. They've since imprinted on him and follow him around EVERYWHERE.They are roughly 6 months old.
Now to my question... Total I have got two drakes and two females. The adult male/female and baby male/female. I haven't seen an egg since we have gotten the babies. She did molt, so I thought maybe that was it... but she still hasn't laid an egg 5 months later. They all seem healthy; eat, drink, swim, run... I can get dimensions of the coop when I get home, but I really don't think size is an issue because when I built it, I knew we would probably get two more so I sized it for future flock expansion. We change the straw religiously once a week and the water in the pond twice a week so I don't believe dirty conditions play a factor either.
Any insight would be appreciated! Thank you all and may God bless!