First Eggs :-)

[justduckiehere]

yesterday got our first two eggs from (3 pekins) One was only size of chicken egg (is this normal) Today just one regular size duck egg. Grandkids estatic and had double yolked eggs for breakfast...yum!

 

[justduckiehere]

ps. do they usually lay just one egg a day.

 

[Cedar714]

I just found my first 2 duck eggs, last night my wife noticed the drake standing near his water bin and the duck was behind or in the igloo duck house. We walked out and saw here peek around the corner of it and she came out and stood next to the drake like normal. We went back in the house and this morning I found a dinner plate sized nest carved out of the straw in the duck house with an egg in it and also found an egg near their water bin.

 

[DejaLou]

Anything they do involving first eggs I've learned is somewhat normal! One of my girls laid two eggs her first day (we had a tiny egg binding scare so she was a bit backed up). As for it being the size of a chicken egg, that is pretty normal as well. I was a bit sad because I thought my breeds were meant to lay larger eggs. They have been laying for a few weeks now and the eggs are measurably larger than the first few they laid. Both of ours lay very pretty green eggs, but someone decided to lay a white one yesterday, completely confusing me and making me think they had a wild duck over for a slumber party, haha. Congratulations, by the way! It's very exciting, isn't it?! Even though my ducks aren't big on the whole '1 place to nest' concept, and every morning before work I have to wake up early and go on Easter egg hunts, I still am so glad we decided to raise ducks.