no more eggs? update! an egg

[clintwilson59]

The other day, Monday I think, I found a duck egg so I took it and threw it in The bator. My mallard hen hasn't laid since. This is her first year to lay. I know she isn't hiding them because I've looked every where in the pen. Any ideas of why she is no longer laying?

 

[satay]

When they first start to lay it may take a while to get into a proper laying pattern. I would have waited to put the egg in the incubator until you had cracked a few to see if they were fertile. Then i would have waited til I had a few eggs laid and then put them all in at once. I am sure your hen if not hiding the eggs will get into a better pattern of laying soon.

 

[clintwilson59]

Well i am borrowing the bator so when i found the egg i figured it wouldnt hurt to try cause it would probaly be my only chance for a while. it is fertile, i've been candling it and now its on day 7.

 

[The Duck ABC's]

You are lucky that it is fertile. Usually the first 2 weeks of a duck that has never layed before are useless. They are usually of poor quality then it comes to fertility.

 

[Wifezilla]

Are you sure she isn't hiding those eggs on you?

 

[clintwilson59]

I'm sure she isn't hiding them, she is in a 20 by 20 pen with a pool and a little house. If an egg was laid I would have found it.

 

[clintwilson59]

Well last night I stuck 2 Easter egger eggs in her pen and she rolled.them around. thEn this morning I fount one she layed!

 

[Wifezilla]

I guess she just needed a hint!

 

[clintwilson59]

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I guess so, I figured it would have taken longer than that but I guess not! I went back to check on her before dark and she had th egg buried.