First egg

[Featherlove23]

One of my two ducks laid her first egg today. I won't have believed it was from a duck because of how small it was. But my husband saw the whole thing. Said she tried to lay it in the duck pool. That it popped out just as she jumped in. It was a soft shell but we're getting them oyster shells tomorrow for calcium. So proud of her.
My very first egg from any of my birds from my first time having my own flock

 

[Callender Girl]

Congratulations; first eggs are always a cause for celebration, no matter the size! It's pretty common for first eggs to be small and not totally perfect. Good for you getting the calcium.

Chuckled a bit when I read that she tried to lay it in the pool. I can't tell you how many times I've emptied one of the ducks' kiddie pools and found an egg in the bottom -- under their always-dirty water.

Here's to more eggs -- ideally laid on dry ground!

 

[Canadian Wind]

Grats! Hopefully you get lots more!

I remember the day I opened the coop door in the morning to find an egg there. So exciting!

I texted my daughter (who was at work) and her reply was: "MINE!"

 

[Canadian Wind]

Since she's Muscovy, give her a nice deep nesting box. One that is covered. What I did for mine is use a large plastic tote and cut out an opening. I place it lid-side down, but if I make any more in the future (which I probably will) I'll put the lid on top, so it's easier to check on them. Something like this:

 

[LateBirdFarms]

Congrats!!!

 

[New duck mommy 2021]

Congrats
Always exciting for the first egg
My girls have had small eggs as their firsts and taken awhile to lay bigger ones
One of my girls laid huge double yolks 4-5 times in the first month of laying
They started around 50-60 grams and now around 70-78 grams
I have shoe found a few in the pools

 

[ProudRedneck]

One of my two ducks laid her first egg today. I won't have believed it was from a duck because of how small it was. But my husband saw the whole thing. Said she tried to lay it in the duck pool. That it popped out just as she jumped in. It was a soft shell but we're getting them oyster shells tomorrow for calcium. So proud of her.
My very first egg from any of my birds from my first time having my own flock

Congratulations

I have mixed feelings about Daffy laying her first. I'm excited because it's going to feel like my baby is really grown up now but I'm scared she's going to get egg bound or something else terrible is going to happen. Phew... tearing up now just typing that I've been providing Oyster Shell since 7/28 just to make sure she doesn't have any problems with forming her first one. No egg yet but I can see on camera that she is eating more and more of the shells each week. She'll be 6 months old on 9/20.

For reference, how small are we talking? How small is that pictured egg compared to other everyday items?

 

[Miss Lydia]

My Muscovy are great at laying inside their house. But when they were young they would try and find any place they could crawl under to lay so they could brood. I had to put up hardware cloth over any crevice they could get into and it was amazing some of the places.
My Runners and Buffs even at 6 yrs old still will lay an egg where ever the notion hits them, running up the hill to their upper property standing by the water buckets. They use to even lay an egg in their pool but haven't done that in a few years.
I'd never let any of mine brood outside of their houses. I take up eggs daily even from those that want to brood. Oh they don't like it but We didn't let anyone sit and hatch this year. They still went broody but had no egg[Muscovy] I have one Muscovy who is broody for the 3rd time and it has been so hard for me to not let her have eggs she is my best mama. But I didn't give in.
My Muscovy are slow to mature never had one under 9 months lay an egg or start mating.
I clean every day and use deep litter bedding. Doesn't bother them at all.

 

[ProudRedneck]

Since she's Muscovy, give her a nice deep nesting box. One that is covered. What I did for mine is use a large plastic tote and cut out an opening. I place it lid-side down, but if I make any more in the future (which I probably will) I'll put the lid on top, so it's easier to check on them. Something like this:

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This is my layout pictured below. The whole top of the house/box is a hinged lid that I access/clean from.

 

[Featherlove23]

Congratulations

I have mixed feelings about Daffy laying her first. I'm excited because it's going to feel like my baby is really grown up now but I'm scared she's going to get egg bound or something else terrible is going to happen. Phew... tearing up now just typing that I've been providing Oyster Shell since 7/28 just to make sure she doesn't have any problems with forming her first one. No egg yet but I can see on camera that she is eating more and more of the shells each week. She'll be 6 months old on 9/20.

For reference, how small are we talking? How small is that pictured egg compared to other everyday items?

It's about the size of a small chicken egg. That's why had my husband not seen my duck lay it I wouldn't have believed it came from the duck. She had another yesterday and it was a little bigger and a little thicker of a shell. This one was in the coop this time.We got them oyster shells yesterday and gave them there first feed scoop full today mixed with there feed. She started laying sooner than we thought. My ducks are Pekin. Just over 4 months. I'm expecting my chickens to start laying within the end of this month to next month ish. Even got them on vitamin water.