Still no eggs this year :(

[Ducktown]

Last winter, we've had a lot of snow and this year, it's spring like - yet, my ducks are not laying eggs. Previous winter, they started laying in early to mid February. I don't now what they are waiting for.

I've been thinking, is there anything else besides sun exposure and possibly food intake that triggers laying?

 

[ChickenCanoe]

Bird age, good nutrition and day length (increasing vs. decreasing) are the critical factors.
Weather has little effect.
The age at which a bird reaches POL in relation to time of year can have a big impact on if they lay when expected. Just dark dreary weather for long periods can have an effect.

 

[cheezenkwackers]

Are you sure they aren’t laying after you let them out? Last year I thought mine weren’t laying and then I found a hidden nest.

 

[Cayuga momma]

I feel your pain. My girl has never layed. She will be 9 months on March 4th. I think she is doing it on purpose, because I haven't been giving them alot of tomatoes.

 

[AltonaAcres]

Try giving them supplemental light. Always works for my light layers.

 

[Duckworth]

I’m still waiting on mine to start up again, too. Not a lot of sunlight lately with all of the storms.

 

[moniquem]

Me too...I havent had an egg since....NOVEMBER! I got all my chickens last spring and my SS has yet to lay even 1 egg. Free loaders......I should hang a frying pan up in the coop

 

[Ducktown]

They were not. When they start laying and begin hiding their eggs, they usually leave the flock during morning hours and hide somewhere to lay. You can easily see one is missing and it means only one thing, she's making a nest somewhere.

Today, I did find the first rather small egg. They started a bit later I guess. I don't know what could be the reason, perhaps they found more bugs last year, I don't know

 

[Duckworth]

Still no eggs for me

 

[Daphne_loves_mealworms]

Still no eggs for me

Me neither! I almost bought a couple of those fake ceramic eggs at the farm store the other day to put in their coop as a hint! Mine don’t even seem to want to get the sunlight they need to trigger laying. The sun is out today and the temp is hovering around freezing, which makes it a lovely day in comparison with how it has been. I have a pool and their cement mixing swimming bin filled. They took a brief swim and then headed back into the dark, sunless, barn. They’re never going to lay!