Fellow feather lovers...

[2geesegal]

Have been reading and learning from these forums for the last year. Thank you all for sharing your experiences. I have 2 Sebastapols as pets (free ranging outdoors) and boy could I give an earful to anyone contemplating stepping into Sebastapol ownership. But for this post, I am contemplating ducks for egg production rather than chickens as I have lakefront access that I'd like to believe will make for some happy quackers. Any input you guys may have about housing and best egg producers would be appreciated. I don't want them as pets, I've enough goose poop outside my kitchen door to last me a lifetime. I'd just like to find the easiest, cleanest set-up that you guys have discovered. Thanks!

 

[BullChick]

 

[FathertoFeathers]

I have seen people build duck coops that float on the water. They would be safe from predators but it would be a hassle to get to it. If your planning on keeping them on the water for the majority of the time DO NOT get Runners. Runner lay a lot but they will just pop out a egg anytime they feel like it. My friends had runners and a pond and the runners would just lay in the pond and not even care.

 

[BullChick]

A doghouse is quite adequate for a duck house. You can find some with hinged tops. A bed of sand might work best inside. I love straw, but I get mixed results. Sand is easy to scoop too. I’m not sure how you house your geese. This might be known information.

 

[Pork Pie]

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The Best Ducks for Laying Eggs
Updated on July 9, 2019

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I am a duck breeder who relocated from urban life in Tampa, FL, to a rural mountainous area outside of Radford, VA.

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What Are the Best Duck Breeds for Eggs?
This is a tricky question. To answer it properly, we first need to determine a couple of things. What do you want the eggs for? Do you live in an urban setting or somewhere rural? Do you like greenish-blue eggs? You need to know what you are looking for before you get started.

In general, Pekin and Campbells produce the most eggs. Runners produce a substantial amount of greenish-blue ones. The Aylesbury, a form of Pekin, produces a good number of eggs, but it is critically endangered according to the Livestock Conservancy.

For this article, I used the duck comparison chart data from Metzer Farms, my personal experience raising ducks, and research data. I hope that all of this information will help you decide on the best duck breed for your egg-laying needs.

 

[FortCluck]

 

[DobieLover]

Hello and welcome to BYC! Glad you joined.
Good luck finding the right duck breed for you.

 

[DiYMama540]

Welcome to BYC! I want to see lots of pics of your geese! They are my fave of the backyard birds, such clowns!
I have a runner hen that lays an egg pretty much every day, but as someone else mentioned, she doesn't always leave them in a nest She's to busy wandering around doing duck things to be troubled with taking a break for an egg

Thanks for joining our flock!

 

[2geesegal]

I have seen people build duck coops that float on the water. They would be safe from predators but it would be a hassle to get to it. If your planning on keeping them on the water for the majority of the time DO NOT get Runners. Runner lay a lot but they will just pop out a egg anytime they feel like it. My friends had runners and a pond and the runners would just lay in the pond and not even care.

I have seen one of those floating coops attached overhead to a clothes line set up that pulls the coop out into deep water for the night. I question the safety of that in florida; gators and turtles would consider that a delivery service. Perhaps I should consider fencing into the lake ?