When do muscovies start to lay?

[Bird Brain]

Bought my first muscovies today. How old will they be when they start to lay?

 

[streemers]

around 20 weeks

 

[Bird Brain]

thanks!

 

[MDC]

Actually 20 weeks is typical for a mallard deriv, with Muscovy early spring-hatched birds might lay a few eggs in the fall that they're hatched, but typically it's more around 9 months or the following spring before they'll lay with any regularity.