Why does my female duck NOT lay eggs?

[NDeAngelo8517]

What would make a female duck NOT lay eggs at all? She’s a Blue Swedish from a hatchery, exactly one year old. I’m 100% positive she is female, as she has laid 2 or 3 eggs her whole life. Hers are the only ones of my 4 ducks that are green and not white.

All 4 of my ducks are happy, healthy, seemingly not stressed, and the other 3 lay almost daily. They free range on about an acre of fenced yard, have a pond they love, eat 17% protein all flock feed with separate oyster shell free choice, forage the yard for bugs and greens, and get veggie scraps and mealworms as treats. She’s also not molting or broody.

I know she’s not laying somewhere else. I’ve kept them locked up, searched and searched the yard, looked for places she could bury them, the pond is very newly built and they never laid in the kiddie pools before they had the pond so I’m confident she’s not laying in the pond.

She occasionally mounts one of my other ducks in the pond, but I thought that could be pretty normal behavior for females also. Is it possible that she is taking on the male role since I dont have a drake and doesn’t lay because of that?

Is there anything physical I should be concerned about? Or even if it’s not cause for concern, what could physically make a female duck not lay eggs besides 2 or 3 eggs, many months ago? She looks and acts totally fine, but DOES NOT lay eggs!

 

[Yardmom]

I would not count out the possibility of laying in the pond, unless you can see all of the bottom. It does sound like she maybe taking on the role of a male with the lack of a drake, but I don't have any first hand knowledge related to not having drakes.

 

[Miss Lydia]

Be nice to know how large this pond is. And how deep.

 

[Newfowler1]

Odd my B Swedish only lays an off white colored egg. I didn’t know they could lay different colors across the same breed. Neat

 

[quackingdom]

Odd my B Swedish only lays an off white colored egg. I didn’t know they could lay different colors across the same breed. Neat

Blue Swedish ducks can lay white, gray, blue, or green eggs. Each individual duck only lays one color of egg, but in some breeds, different individuals within the same breed to lay different color eggs.

Ancona, Australian Spotted, Indian Runner, and Call ducks can also lay eggs of several colors.