stupid question??

[emjay]

How many eggs does ONE duck lay per day.

Yesterday at lockdown, I collected one egg, this afternoon. I collected 8 eggs out of the same nest as the one from yesterday.
I have 3 hens ???

 

[treldib]

They should lay 1 per day, per duck

 

[Olive Hill]

Generally no more than one. Any chance either you missed the eggs previously, ducks will sometimes bury their eggs under the straw or other bedding, or someone is playing a practical joke on you by putting some eggs back in the nest that were laid and collected already?

 

[emjay]

well, something is amiss then.

as yesterday evening, around 6pm, there was one egg, and I dig around, as I clean it out everyday. there was one egg.

so I figure, the other two laid an egg last night.

that would explain four, then with the third hen, if she laid an egg today, that's 5. I have no clue where the extra 3 came from. as the nest was a perfectly hollowed nest, same as yesterday.

I'm baffled.

 

[Senna95]

And you're sure they're all duck eggs? I have chickens that lay thegether with the ducks...