How long after molting until they start laying again?

[FaerieGlynne]

I have a Pekin and 2 blue Swedish, they are all about a year and a half old. They started molting in July, they seem done now, but still no eggs. Will they start laying at all before winter? I'm in Oregon so mild weather for the most and better part.

 

[buggymuffin]

Did they lay before they molted?

 

[FaerieGlynne]

Yes, all spring long almost daily.

 

[chickens really]

Most Ducks are seasonal layers...Meaning they lay in the spring and summer...Stop and begin again in the spring...

 

[buggymuffin]

They usually don't quit laying for all that long. Are you sure they aren't hiding the eggs? And mine don't usually quit for the season until Oct/Nov and I am in NH with much colder winters.

 

[Belle Pepper]

Great question! Mine have stopped laying for the most part too! This is our first experience with molting. It seems like it is taking forever!

 

[chickens really]

Yep....Fall starts in September.....My Ducks are finished....Mine are Call Ducks though....

 

[FaerieGlynne]

I don't think they are hiding them. I let them out at 6:45am and they seemed to have usually laid their eggs by then.
Is there some supplement or something they may be short on? I feed them flock raiser, they have tons of space (though not techniquely free range) and get tons of lovely scraps all the time (fresh veggies, etc)
They seem healthy. I'm perplexed.

 

[buggymuffin]

I don't think they are hiding them. I let them out at 6:45am and they seemed to have usually laid their eggs by then.
Is there some supplement or something they may be short on? I feed them flock raiser, they have tons of space (though not techniquely free range) and get tons of lovely scraps all the time (fresh veggies, etc)
They seem healthy. I'm perplexed.

They might be laying outside. Mine usually lay before I let them out, but they have been known to lay later in the day. Are they free range or do they spend the day in a pen?

 

[FaerieGlynne]

They have a huge area inside an electric fence, but not quite "free range." I let them out on the weekends sometimes but they don't really go far.

I don't see eggs anywhere else.