Small eggs???? Help??? Is this normal...

[huffman]

Hello everyone! I am new to raising ducks and I currently have 1 pekin female, 2 rouen females and 4 khaki females. My Peking and rouens are roughly 21 weeks and my khakis are around 16-17. We were on vacation and the neigh or came to check on the animals and noticed 2 small eggs, smaller than an average chicken egg. (I have 14 chickens all layers with 10 not laying yet) so I figured maybe it was one of my easter eggers. When we came home we found 3 eggs (small) all by the kiddie pool so I locked my ducks in their pin over night and the next morning there was an egg (still very small) my question is..why are the eggs so small. And I am not sure which is laying. I do have 3 male pekin and they are mating with all of the ducks. I thought duck eggs were suppose to be larger than chicken eggs. My chickens lay a decent egg I have isa's, a Rhode Island and an australorp. Am I doing something wrong? Please help!! I have provided a picture of the duck eggs compares to my chicken eggs.

 

[SunHwaKwon]

I don't know a lot about ducks, but when a chickens first start laying a lot of the time the eggs will be tiny, or at least smaller than normal, and gradually get bigger until they reach their normal size.

 

[chickens really]

Yes....First laid Duck eggs can be small...Nothing to worry about.....

 

[old dixie]

I have a wild duck that lays small eggs. They weigh about 2 oz.

 

[justin shrew]

usually most start laying birds lay small eggs from the early laying period. but as the hen keeps on laying the ovum size increases as the is more calcium more added to form a shell.from the first part of the laying the bones arnt yet on maximum point of calcium absorption. sp the eggs become small.

The texture and building shape of the small eggs appeared to be some duck eggs, but khakis and coppel eggs are roughly the size of silk chicken or slightly larger when they start laying. but them mybe my views might wrong enough

B.A

 

[huffman]

Thank you everyone! It's been over a week and I have got maybe 5 to 6 eggs from which ever duck is laying. They are starting to get a little bigger but nothing too noticeable unless you side by side them.