I’m confused about my ducks

[BlueO]

Hi, so I’m just gonna cut to the chase. My ducks are not laying and my drake will not mate… they stopped in the winter (which I assume is normal) and then just never started up again. They are not molting. I heard it could be stress and we have had some hawks and eagles but they have a black tarp that covers them. I’m just really confused and I was looking forward to having spring ducklings.

Any help or advice would be much appreciated!
Thank you.

 

[sourland]

How old are they. Older birds are slower to react to increasing daylight period and; therefore, slower to resume a laying cycle. Hopefully they will start laying soon.

 

[deer trail duck farms]

does said black tarp cover entire run? maybe they are not getting enough sunlight. i feel your pain out of my 30 ducks i had last year all but 3 quit laying in september. and just started back up a month ago

 

[BlueO]

How old are they. Older birds are slower to react to increasing daylight period and; therefore, slower to resume a laying cycle. Hopefully they will start laying soon.

Thank you for responding! The hens are one year old and the Drake is two.

 

[BlueO]

does said black tarp cover entire run? maybe they are not getting enough sunlight. i feel your pain out of my 30 ducks i had last year all but 3 quit laying in september. and just started back up a month ago

Thank you for responding and wow I wish I could have 30 ducks!
The tarp is pretty high, so they’re getting lots of sun.

 

[BlueO]

Sorry, I know in that picture they’re completely covered but most of the day they do get a lot of sun.

 

[deer trail duck farms]

Thank you for responding and wow I wish I could have 30 ducks!
The tarp is pretty high, so they’re getting lots of sun.

well best advice i can give you is be patient it will happen soon, three major components to getting eggs is food,sun,stressfree.
your doing a good job just wait for that awesome suprise!

 

[BlueO]

well best advice i can give you is be patient it will happen soon, three major components to getting eggs is food,sun,stressfree.
your doing a good job just wait for that awesome suprise!

Thank you so much. I was kind of hoping you’d be some magical solution.

 

[BlueO]

Update one has just started laying! But not very frequently I get about two eggs every week.