Muscovies aren't laying eggs yet. Why?

[Going Quackers]

They are free ranging on about 2 to 3 acres. That would be quite an Easter egg hunt!

Won't she lay them all in the same place and eventually go sit on them when broody? I figured I'd let her keep them until I get the hang of this laying stuff. I'm still a newby.

I was hoping to have her find a comfy spot to make a nest and then I could find it and transfer her and her eggs/nest to the duck house. I think if I left her locked in the duck house she would stress and not lay eggs. I thought letting her free range until she had a nest built up and then move them might give me the best chance of finding it. Idk. I'm really just guessing.

Technically, yes, should lay them in the same spot and nest BUT not all 'scovie girls go broody... i have one who has never, ever she makes a little nest and lays an egg and that is as far as she has ever gone.

I do lock my birds into the barn at night so to them laying in there and brooding is 'safe' i don't even make them nests, they do it themselves... there is a shelf in the barn and underneath that takes prime spot for hatching.

Here is my dusty currently brooding 5 eggs ... and yes, she is as hostile as she looks