Eggs soon?

[Darklingstorm]

I have a drake and duck Khaki Campbell. They are roughly 16 weeks old. I caught them doing the "deed" this morning. Does this mean that eggs should be appearing soon?

 

[Miss Lydia]

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Seems kinda young, but who knows I only have Muscovy and they are older before they start to lay. Mine are usually around 6 months.

 

[Amiga]

One of my runners started laying at 16 weeks. Everyone else was laying within six weeks after that, I'm pretty sure.

 

[Sore Thumb Suburbanite]

I'm actually observing my ducks doing the same thing now in the morning when they have clean water...only I have all hens...its weird. I think they are just acting upon instinct and that it may not necessarily imply eggs immediately... Ducks as a rule shouldn't be laying that young, it generally hurts their egg production later if they do. My 3 older ducks are all 16weeks right now, I am switching them to layer pellets this next week because I was told a 3 week lead time for high calcium would be appropriate for laying which generally begins at 18-24 weeks. Keep us posted if she does start to lay, I'm so very obsessed with anticipating their eggs, I'll probably call everybody in my family when it happens.

 

[D'Angelo N Va.]

ok, so tell me if I am reading this right. Ducks like chickens will start laying around18 weeks and the Muscovies around 6 months(or 24 weeks)..is this right?? I have 30 baby Muscovies oldest around 1 month almost..and 5 mallards, 4 pekin all about 2 1/2 monts old.