Runner duck not laying yet

[DaphneTheDuck]

Thank you they are lovely she gets layer pellets and gets to forage around the garden. We raised the taller male from a chick and adopted her about 3months ago where she still looked adult. Recently she has loved this spot basically a hay pile on a concrete slab and most the day she lays there.

 

[Miss Lydia]

Well looks like that maybe her favorite place and one of these days you may find an egg right there. Does the drake get up there with her? If not that maybe her safe place from him too. This time of year those boys can be pretty rough on one female. Do they also have a house to sleep in at night with comfy bedding? You could place a fake egg (hobby stores) or Amazon or a golf ball inside to give a hint.

 

[Miss Lydia]

Nice to hear your drake is nice many are crazy right now.

 

[Miss Lydia]

I have 13 female ducks so far in one day 9 eggs but most just started back laying about 2-3 weeks ago. Usually it’s 4-5 eggs a day.

 

[DaphneTheDuck]

Very lucky we have one Drake one hen for ducks and 4 chicken hens 3 hybrids one bantam and one rooster we get roughly 1 sometimes 2 eggs a day all the hybrids have layed before however the bantam and the duck haven't laid any

 

[Miss Lydia]

Really well sure can’t see it in her coloring.

 

[Isaac 0]

Congrats!

 

[Isaac 0]

Are you providing a plentiful amount of oyster shells to her? Soft eggs are common with new layer, but if it continues i would start her on either Calcium Gluconate or Citrate.

 

[DaphneTheDuck]

We mix in oyster shell into her feed. Today we also found the egg in the open, does this mean she won't lay in her nest?

 

[Isaac 0]

We mix in oyster shell into her feed. Today we also found the egg in the open, does this mean she won't lay in her nest?

Provide the oyster shells in a separate dish on the side, so she can eat as much as she wants without having to pick through the feed. Laying in sporadic places is common with new layers, if you provide a cozy nesting box and add some golf balls she will be more inclined to lay there then on the ground.