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[AMParker]

I am new at this garden duck thing. I have 3 hens who are about 6 months old. Our first egg showed up yesterday with the solar eclipse. We found another one today. My problem/ question is...why are the eggs in the pond?

 

[Fields Mountain Farm]

Welcome aboard! I'm new to ducks myself, but have made friends with some wonderful, knowledge folks here. Maybe @Ravynscroft can give you some answers or tag someone else who can. Good luck and wish you the best.

 

[Ravynscroft]

Sometimes ducks will just lay wherever they are at... but new layers may just have been taken off guard... some say ducks won't lay in nest boxes, but mine do, for the most part... extra laying spots, small doghouses, plastic totes with access holes cut and weighed down so they don't flip work fairly well... might place a couple around the pool, in the run, if they don't return to their house to lay...

Just be patient, it's new for them too...

 

[blackdust951]

helloand welcome to backyard chickens! if they lay their eggs at the around the same time every day you could try shutting them up in there coop at that time maybe?

 

[LittleRedFace]

I am new at this garden duck thing. I have 3 hens who are about 6 months old. Our first egg showed up yesterday with the solar eclipse. We found another one today. My problem/ question is...why are the eggs in the pond?

Water helped them to squeeze out the eggs.

 

[AMParker]

Sometimes ducks will just lay wherever they are at... but new layers may just have been taken off guard... some say ducks won't lay in nest boxes, but mine do, for the most part... extra laying spots, small doghouses, plastic totes with access holes cut and weighed down so they don't flip work fairly well... might place a couple around the pool, in the run, if they don't return to their house to lay...

Just be patient, it's new for them too...

My silly ladies will sleep in their pond. I made them a cute little cottage and haven't ever seen them go inside.

 

[Ravynscroft]

My silly ladies will sleep in their pond. I made them a cute little cottage and haven't ever seen them go inside.

Just a word of caution, if it's not enclosed or covered by netting at least, they may be subject to predation... duck is a delicacy on the predator menu...

I put mine up each evening, after a while of doing that on a schedule, they will now go up on their own... I just have to close the door...

 

[AMParker]

Another egg in the pond this morning. I guess my girls are done with their night time skinny dipping. It is time to train them to go in at night.

 

[Miss Lydia]

Ducks herd very easily so should be too hard to train them. Once they know what you want they comply.

 

[AMParker]

My girls have been well handled. They come when called (probably better than my dog).