What age do Ducks start to lay?

[jennychick45]

When they are fully feathered the males will or should have a sex feather it's curlyer than the rest

how old are they when they get that? sorry i am new to poultry.

 

[themightysteph]

It can take several months..

 

[jennychick45]

It can take several months..

mine are 4-5 months. Should it have happened by now?

 

[themightysteph]

Post a pic of them and possibly I could try and help

 

[jennychick45]

Post a pic of them and possibly I could try and help

well i am 8 hours away from them right now but i will when i get home in about a week and a few days sorry....

 

[themightysteph]

It's ok

 

[RunamokRanch]

do they do a egg song like chickens? what are the signs?

 

[Amiga]

do they do a egg song like chickens? what are the signs?

MIne started playing hop on top about four weeks before the first egg was laid. Some ducks just plop an egg out, sometimes they walk around making a low-pitched ah-ah-ah-ah-ah sound.

 

[RunamokRanch]

Ok, should be soonish

 

[kss1113]

At what age are the ducks sexually mature? I ended up with 8 drakes and only two little hens when I bought my Indian runner ducks. I'm going to have to get ride of the girls or most of the boys as I don't want the girls to deal with that all the time. They were born April 29th so they are now 3 months, 16 days old. That means that the girls might start laying soon? I thought I would be fine until next spring but it sounds like I need to separate or sell now, right?