when do calls go into heat?

[quackkquack_]

So this is my first time having calls which are my favorite duck breed and my girl Newt will be 4 months old October 18th and I was wondering when she'd go into heat.
I don't know much about ducks and heat and I was wondering if they go into heat at a certain age or if it's only during their mating season.

Also just noticed her longest nail is black-- I don't think it's dirty since all her other nails are clean but I can take a picture. Shes real pretty!

 

[sourland]

Birds don't 'go in heat' - that's a mammal thing.

 

[quackkquack_]

Birds don't 'go in heat' - that's a mammal thing.

Apologies-- it's a phrase I hear most people say about ducks and chickens but I'll rephrase it. When would she start laying eggs and/or going broody?

 

[TheOddOneOut]

Apologies-- it's a phrase I hear most people say about ducks and chickens but I'll rephrase it.

Lol, I don’t think anyone says it.

When would she start laying eggs and/or going broody?

Laying eggs, it depends. She’ll likely wait till spring. She may go broody her first year laying but more likely she’ll do it in her second or third.

 

[Aunt Angus]

Pictures of duckies are always welcome!

 

[Shabby Chic-Hens]

a bird does actually kind of go "into heat". it happens almost every day!

 

[TheOddOneOut]

a bird does actually kind of go "into heat". it happens almost every day!

What does that mean. lol

 

[Shabby Chic-Hens]

What does that mean. lol

their egg laying!

 

[sourland]

their egg laying!

-does not constitute a 'heat'.

 

[Shabby Chic-Hens]

-does not constitute a 'heat'.

didn't say it was the same thing, just that it's kinda' simalar