CherryCord
In the Brooder
- Apr 26, 2021
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So my Pekin duck Sweetpea just layed her very first egg this morning. She is about 7 months old. I keep all my ducks in a big pen. I hadn't noticed her looking for a place to next until about a week ago. Yesterday I noticed she spent a lot of time in the corner if the pen and assumed she wanted to nest. Last night she layed her first egg in a different place, a place it could get stepped on by the others. So I put straw in the corner of the pen and moved the egg. She sat on it for a while but hasn't in the last hour.
So how often should she sit the egg?
Is it normal for her to only lay one her first time?
Will she possibly need guidance on how often to sit it?
She's my first adult hen so she has no older ducks to learn from. I also don't know a lot on egg hatching, and I don't want to incubate the eggs myself. I don't even have equipment for it.
I have raised all my ducks from a few days to about a week old.
If anyone knows a website or book that teaches everything to know about this, that would be AMAZING.
Links involving what I did and her laying the egg below:
Sweetpea laying her egg:
Finding and moving the egg:
Thank you for taking the time to read this.
So how often should she sit the egg?
Is it normal for her to only lay one her first time?
Will she possibly need guidance on how often to sit it?
She's my first adult hen so she has no older ducks to learn from. I also don't know a lot on egg hatching, and I don't want to incubate the eggs myself. I don't even have equipment for it.
I have raised all my ducks from a few days to about a week old.
If anyone knows a website or book that teaches everything to know about this, that would be AMAZING.
Links involving what I did and her laying the egg below:
Sweetpea laying her egg:
Finding and moving the egg:
Thank you for taking the time to read this.