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stupid question??

Discussion in 'Ducks' started by emjay, Nov 5, 2010.

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  1. Nov 5, 2010 #1
    emjay

    emjay Chillin' With My Peeps

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    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 ???
     
  3. Nov 5, 2010 #2
    treldib

    treldib Chillin' With My Peeps

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    They should lay 1 per day, per duck [​IMG]
     
  5. Nov 5, 2010 #3
    Olive Hill

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    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?
     
  7. Nov 5, 2010 #4
    emjay

    emjay Chillin' With My Peeps

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    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.
     
  9. Nov 5, 2010 #5
    Senna95

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

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