Whoo Hoo!!!!!!!!! Finally got some eggs

[crissycriss]

So so sooooooo very sorry for all these post.

 

[crissycriss]

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[crissycriss]

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[crissycriss]

Sorry for all the extra post keep looseing connection with my phone have no idea what happened.

 

[Blondiega1]

Thanks, guys. So, there were 2 eggs waiting for me again today. I have 4 females of 3 breeds so I'm guessing the 2 that are the same breed (rouens) aren't laying yet. I'm so proud of those girls. Yesterday they were out b/c the grass had been vut so we let them fill up on all the bugs they could find. I put them back up and the eggs I found were actually in their little house where they have refused to go all summer. It's full of hay so all they had to do was make a little nest shape and they did! Not in the water, out in the open, hiding anywhere, etc. They laid them where they were meant to and the eggs were touching. One was cold, the other still warm.

I do have some questions, though.

1. How long will the eggs be edible if I put them in the fridge every morning as soon as I find them?

2. My males haven't been acting "frisky" yet so I'm pretty sure they aren't fertile eggs. How long will it take the males t mature? All 6 ducks hatched March 27-29th. The males are pekins.

3. What's the best incubator? I'm thinking of hatching some in the spring. I live in Georgia where its humid all the time and we don't really have much of a winter.

What part of Georgia are you in?
I'm on the west side of Atlanta.

 

[Johnson5326]

So, they are getting a bit "frisky" now. At least 1 male anyway (I saw them from my kitchen window today).

I'm in Covington, about 30-45 min. to Atlanta.

Today I had 1 egg. I moved their house yesterday so it is behind the shed where less wind will blow on them through the winter, and it gives them more areas with sun. There were no eggs yesterday and only 1 today but I think its because the nights have been a bit more chilly.

 

[LeslieDJoyce]

Congratulations on the eggs! It IS such a great feeling.

 

[Carcajou]

Congrats on the eggs, as every else says, it is a great feeling. Two of my five new female Khakis have laid eggs for the past 3 days now so I am also on that giddy wagon! Waiting for the other three to start.

 

[Johnson5326]

Congratulations to you too, Carcajou. I actually have 4 females and 2 males but only 1 or 2 of mine are laying. There was only 1 again today but I have faith in my babies. I'm pretty sure there are 2 of them laying. The eggs are a bit different. One lays them kinda pointy, the other looks just like a jumbo chicken egg from the grocery store (with a bit more color from not being whitened). My son has been asking me to make him duck egg sandwiches every morning. He says they taste better

 

[Johnson5326]

Oh, here's the pic I took of the 1st egg. After I washed it of course