How many eggs do your Muscovies lay?

[Oblio13]

I see online sources claiming close to 200 per year, but it seems like a quarter of that would be more realistic. What is your experience?

 

[sourland]

I have never known muscovies to lay anywhere near that number of eggs without going broody.

 

[Miss Lydia]

That actually made me laugh. My Muscovy lay until they have a clutch then they go broody and will stay broody all summer long even if they don't have eggs to sit on. A clutch could be 8[I keep a close eye on it] or 2-3 they will still go broody. They live to brood.

 

[ruthhope]

My son's muscovy laid about 120 eggs tgis year. She did go broody but he took the eggs as they were not fertile. She started laying about a month after the pekins restarted for the spring and laid almost every day until she got broody. Then so frequently

 

[Oblio13]

"My son's muscovy laid about 120 eggs tgis year"

I would be overjoyed with half that many.