How Many Eggs Did You Get Today?

[Miss Lydia]

1 duck egg so far.

 

[SolarDuck]

Molting ?

Nope, just went broody. My ducks seem to just lay for a few weeks and then start trying to go broody and after about a week of them trying to go broody they stop laying. Hopefully they start up again soon. They don't lay very much because they aren't breeder quality or even hatchery quality, they are from feral duck stock living many generations in the wild

 

[Daphne_loves_mealworms]

Nope, just went broody. My ducks seem to just lay for a few weeks and then start trying to go broody and after about a week of them trying to go broody they stop laying. Hopefully they start up again soon. They don't lay very much because they aren't breeder quality or even hatchery quality, they are from feral duck stock living many generations in the wild

Mine are the same, and they are bred from domesticated ducks. Only one of my two Muscovy hens is laying currently, and they took a break from October onwards. It’s how Muscovy roll, lay to hatch, raise the ducklings, then start over after resting a bit. I’m convinced that the low number of eggs puts less stress on their body, leading to longer and healthier lives.

Even during their first laying season, my pied hen went broody with her first clutch and remained broody for the entire summer, even on an empty nest. Last year, I was able to manage the broodiness a little bit better...

 

[SolarDuck]

I’m convinced that the low number of eggs puts less stress on their body, leading to longer and healthier lives.

That makes sense I have heard Muscovy live a long time. Works for me, I'd rather my ducks live long than lay lots of eggs. They lay too many for me to eat anyway.

 

[Texag87]

We have a lady coming over today to take a couple dozen eggs off our hands. She has a very large incubator. Bandit will be a dad and a grandad again.

 

[Magnolia Ducks]

Bandits great grandchildren

 

[Texag87]

I am sure he would fight with them like he does his son. The lady that got the eggs was the one that took the storm drain rescue Scoveys about two years ago.

 

[Magnolia Ducks]

Does she still have them?

 

[Magnolia Ducks]

12 hole in the sack 8

 

[DucksOhio]

I have a confession. I didn't get ANY eggs for months, and couldn't understand why. My girls were all healthy, so I just chalked that up to winter.

What I did do, was alter the barn lighting. I felt sorry for the ducks being plunged into darkness, so I would wake up in the middle of the night and remotely turn on their overhead lights.

My DH caught me doing this a few days ago, and said would I like to sleep with the light on?

So, the day after I stopped turning on the light in the middle of the night, I got 4 EGGS! Every day now I'm getting quite a few. Lesson learned.