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In the Brooder
- Sep 30, 2018
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My ducks are 6 months old. The lady I got them from told me they will start laying eggs in spring, but way less than 100. Then I got three more runners from a guy who told me they will lay around 30 eggs in spring and that's it for the year.Any chance they are older ducks and past their prime laying years??? I’ve never heard of a runner only laying 30 eggs a year. But that doesn’t mean they don’t exist
I'm in Germany here and most people do not consider duck eggs edible. Ducks are kept for meat, to eat slugs and as pets, that's mostly it. I'm starting to think most runners here have very bad genetic material for egg production, unlike in the US. That's why I'm now trying to find Khaki Campbell ducks, which I hope have better chances for being productive layers.