will a duck lay an egg infront of you?

[duck15]

has any body witness a duck laying an egg?or will they hide from you?

 

[sourland]

Only if they're not shy.

 

[DUCKGIRL89]

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Why have you???

 

[Amiga]

Yes, a few times my runners have laid eggs while I was nearby. Sometimes I missed seeing it happen, sometimes I was a little concerned about a weird-looking posture, then out popped the egg.

Most of the time, they lay between 1 a.m. and 6 a.m. I am usually sleeping then, and they are usually in their little house.

 

[TLWR]

I saw Blue lay a couple eggs when she had a nest by the deck.
I've seen Ally pop a few out in random spots in the evening - always the soft ones though, so they go right to whatever dog is nearby.

 

[sianara]

Oh sure, but it's only because I've come upon them during the process as mentioned by Amiga

 

[DuckLady]

Ducks lay whenever and wherever they feel like it. And they are not modest!

 

[weimarmama]

Most of our ducks lay their eggs before 7am. We get up at 5:30 to do chores, so we see them lay an egg every so often. Our Pekin named Grandma is the worst about laying them in front of us. Actually, one morning when I was outside, Grandma was standing almost on top of my feet which is something she loves to do. As I was bending over to pet her, I felt something very warm drop on top of my foot; weirded me out for a second til I saw what it was. . . her egg.

 

[chocolate m'scovy]

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Awww...sounds like she is marking you as her human.

Feel honored to be counted as yet another of her minions.

 

[duckyfromoz]

I love watching them on a nest- pulling the straw around them ...turning around and around in circles making sure they have the best position. Shuffling their bodies deeper into the straw and shavings. I have seen them lay a few times- sometimes standing up - sometimes sitting down. I spend an hour or so with my blind duck Stevie-Ray one morning when I had a day off work- she knew I was there- as I was talking to her- but it was so wonderful just watching her do what was so natural to her. She had never seen a duck make a nest- or seen another pulling the straw around her- but she certainly knew how to make a nice nest around her.