Medic328
Chirping
Good afternoon all,
I'm new here, did my intro and now am ready to learn a little more about my Peking's. I have 4, 1 male and 3 female and they have been a pleasure to take care of and fun to watch. I purchased them in March last year and the females have been very good layers, 3 a day, until recently. I noticed that my one female has been brooding sitting on two eggs starting about 3 weeks ago and the other two have slowed egg production. I did find a few in the pond we have for them or under the side of the pool, but production has been down.
Is it common for these ducks to brood? I didn't think it was.
Will the other ducks slow production because of this?
I did a candle test of the eggs and noticed veins and it is hard to tell is there is actually a duckling in there. The one post says that the incubation time is 28 days for these ducks so I guess we'll see.
Anybody else have this type of issue?
I'm new here, did my intro and now am ready to learn a little more about my Peking's. I have 4, 1 male and 3 female and they have been a pleasure to take care of and fun to watch. I purchased them in March last year and the females have been very good layers, 3 a day, until recently. I noticed that my one female has been brooding sitting on two eggs starting about 3 weeks ago and the other two have slowed egg production. I did find a few in the pond we have for them or under the side of the pool, but production has been down.
Is it common for these ducks to brood? I didn't think it was.
Will the other ducks slow production because of this?
I did a candle test of the eggs and noticed veins and it is hard to tell is there is actually a duckling in there. The one post says that the incubation time is 28 days for these ducks so I guess we'll see.
Anybody else have this type of issue?
