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Skip to contentYour tiny, fluffy ducklings have somehow transformed into ducks. They quack all the time, poop everywhere, and somehow, all ground within a 12-foot radius of any source of water is a mudhole. They’re fun, but you’re wondering when you’ll get the rewards of all the work and money you’ve put into them. Where are those eggs?This article might also be helpful:Depending on the breed and the season, you can expect your first eggs when your ducks are 4-7 months old, or when breeding season starts.Ducks mature and become old enough to lay at 4-7 months or 16-28 weeks of age. Smaller breeds, such as bantams and Runners, will lay earlier, often around 4 months, and heavier breeds such as Pekins and Muscovies will lay later.Muscovies usually start laying when they’re about six months, or 25 weeks of age – unless they reach this age during fall or winter.In the wild, ducks will start laying at the beginning of breeding season, at spring. Some domesticated ducks, especially types such as Mallards, still are somewhat seasonal in their laying and will often only start laying in spring regardless of age. If you use artificial light to artificially extend the length of the day (which is often done to keep ducks laying all winter), then they are more likely to start laying earlier, when they reach maturity, instead of at the onset of breeding season.So if your ducks are older than 28 weeks and haven’t yet started laying, you may have to wait until spring.Have you ever actually witnessed a duck laying an egg? Here’s a closeup video of my two adorable Muscovy duck sisters, Peaches and Mitzi, laying their eggs:Often, people see their young ducks starting to mate and assume eggs are forthcoming.Not exactly.In the first place, mating has nothing to do with egglaying. Ducks lay eggs regardless of whether or not there’s a drake present.Also, ducks often start mating when they’re around four months old, which may be months before they start laying eggs. It varies, of course—mating can start as early as three months or as late as six months.Sometimes ducks will start mating and laying at around the same time, but more commonly, mating starts weeks before laying.I raised a single orphaned muscovy duck, now she doesn’t want me to handle her and doesn’t trust me she is 3 and half mos. Old. Is that normal behaviour? I never mistreated her.My Muscovy female duck started laying 12 days ago, and still doesn’t seem to be getting broody. She sits on her nest of eggs for only a few minutes at a time, and is found wandering the property foraging majority of the day. If those eggs aren’t good anymore and she never gets broody enough to set her eggs, will she continue laying eggs daily or take a break? There is a drake always around and they’re still actively mating. I’m considering to start taking those eggs for food.I raised 10 ducks they take so long to grow upI accidentally frightened a mallard duck while she was laying eggs – the nest has 7 eggs and she has not come back. (It’s been several hours now and the temperature is 42F)Is this normal, and will she be back, or is there something I can do? (I don’t think I can interfere with the nest, correct?)I have a 13 month old runner that has never laid an egg. She looks and acts healthy, I feed her all flock layer feed. What could be wrong? She’s not hiding them.My duck loses all the Young ones and when will it start to lay eggs? It is a local breeds we have in UgandaHi HannaI have two Muscovy ducks that are quite young, around three months old. I bought them not knowing the sex and I am still trying to determine their sex. Whatever sex they are it must be the same as I can’t tell them apart. Are there any differences or characteristics I should be looking out for?I have 5 females and 2 male Pekin ducks. I got them back at the end of March 2018/Early April. Not a single one has produced an egg. We use the Dumor feed plus I add mealworm to their feed. They also free range on bugs from sunrise to sunset. They are happy and healthy. Right now I’m beyond frustrated. Between how much bedding is, food is, pump set up for their pond, and all my time… I could have bought a lot of eggs by now. I’m starting to wonder if this was really worth it or if I just wasted $100s. Do people really find it worth it to do this even if you’re not selling them at market? Am I doing something wrong? Do I now have to wait all the way through fall and winter dumping more money and time into them to see if they’ll actually lay in Spring?My 4 Silver Appleyard ducklings (all females) hatched October 1, 2018. This past week (November 16, 2018) a male drake several years old got into the safety of the pen in which I had the female ducklings. ALL the ducklings were spooked by the agressiveness of a large hybrid drake (several years of age – someone had given to me last summer &amp; the ONLY drake we own). He was chasing the ducklings &amp; pulling their feathers.We also own 2 Silver Appleyard females 15 months of age who’ve bonded with the drake but largely ignore the female ducklings at best but not agressive towards them.After I’d gotten the drake out of the ducklings’ pen I noticed a small white egg (about the size of a quail egg – which I have NO quail). The exterior of the shell was rough textured &amp;, when I cracked open the egg, the white was much thicker than usual &amp; the “yolk” was not formed – only streaks of gold.Yesterday the female ducklings had all gotten loose into the general population of the poultry run &amp; the same drake was on top of one of the female ducklings appearing to be attempting to mate with her. He had her on the ground &amp; had hold of the feathers on the back of her neck – mounting her but she was quacking in great distress.The only other birds I have in the run are 8 Ameracaunas (1 rooster &amp; 7 hens – all 2-1/2 years old) &amp; 1 guinea hen, 15 months old.What is going on with the egg laying &amp; what seems like mating with the ducklings?Ducks 10months old not laying!!I have 2 ducks and 1 drake of khaki Campbell breed which are 10 months old and my ducks haven’t layed eggs till now!!!All 3 are healthy but I am not knowing the reason for them not laying.I have a Cayuga and she laid her first egg today but seemed stressed and quiet fast paced breathing when I brought her in for the night I’m not sure I never had a female egg laying duck just a drake Muskovi as a pet… she seems normal otherwise maybe just tired I’m not sureI have 2 female ducks and 1 drake. They have laid 3 eggs so far beginning this past Saturday, but neither female has nested them. One is a white layer and my other is a runner. I hope they will nest to have baby ducklings but I’m wondering if it is too late for these eggs to hatch in 21 days or so? This is my first time and it’s hard to find accurate answers. Thank you for your time and help.A Mallard couple hung around my yard (on the water), and female laid 13 eggs in a ground level concealed nest. Haven’t seen the Mallards since the weather changed temperature (80 degrees high and 40-45 degrees at night). Hoping they come back, but how long can the eggs be viable if they don’t return soon?Can 1 duck be raised with chickens?I have a young Indian Runner female.And 3 female young hens.They are on day 2 living together and the duck is a bit of a bully Always pecking and chasing the young chicks and sometimes blocking them from eating.She is twice their size.And how would i round her up if I was to let the chicks and duck free range?hello i have a female duck i am not sure what breed she is i call her my mut duck and she just started laying eggs is it okay to hatch them now i also have two male pekins but i did not know if i had to wait till she is older or what?I have 3 female ducks and they have been sitting on eggs since may 26th I know this is to long. They have punched some eggs out and even took them and put it into thier little swimming pool. Should I check the eggs or leave them alone. They do get off about once a day to eat and bath. Any suggestions on what I should do?My seven month old Pekins mated a few weeks ago and the female has begun laying eggs. Should I take them since we are in November and it is starting to get cold? We live in Southwest Georgia so it typically doesn’t get too cold here though. Thank you for the advice!How long does it take for a muscovy to produce an egg after the mating?I’m impatient 😋a pair of wild Mallards are visiting our yard every day. There is a pond about 3/10 of a mile down the road from us. They eat the bird seed we put out and swim in the plastic pool we put out for them. Today they mated in the pool. I imagine she will nest near the pond. Will she bring her baby duckies up the road to our yard?Hannah- we purchased several ducks that we have allowed to free range on our large pond and acreage. We had three small ducklings and two larger “pekin” that were about 6-8 months old. Unfortunately even with nesting them and offering moderate protection two ducklings were lost to a Bobcat. We still have one of the younger ducklings and two of the older ducks who now are no longer white and look more like a saxony or golden cascade. . When we rescued the two older ducks we were told that they were great egg layers. And wow they really are! A wild Mallard has found favor with the two larger ducks and they are now a cute little family in our backyard. At least one of the ducks continues to lay eggs around our pool and in random areas of our yard. We have made several nesting areas for them that they do not seem to be interested in. That doesn’t break my heart knowing that we have a lot of predators and they’ve obviously kept themselves safe where they are choosing to nest. My questions are…How do we know if the eggs are still good to eat when we can’t track the actual time our ducks are laying the eggs? Often we happen upon eggs at random.Do you have suggestions for a way to get our ducks to start nesting in a particular area so that we can track the timing of their egg laying?I would also like to point out that we live in Texas and it gets quite hot here during the day.Our ducks never seem to sit on these eggs and we aren’t necessarily interested in having a lot of ducklings but we would be very interested in finding a way to harvest these eggs and eat them and share them with friends. I appreciate any feedback that you could give us and I know that Lucy, Ethel and Desi will be appreciative too!I got some ducks yesterday and they are about 4 months old. Two of them are Runners. When they start laying, how long after that will they start going broody?One of my ducks are laying eggs without mating. Is that normal?i bought a muscovy duck that already started laying. hatched 9 ducklings and they are already 3 months now. my question is when do i need to breed the mother duck to start laying eggs again? do i need to separate those ducklings? tiaI got my ducks from a friend and don’t know what breed they are around 2 months old we have a cage for them outside with wood chips and food and waterOne started to act odd and wouldn’t keep their head off their neck and wasn’t as energetic as usualI assumed that it was either about to lay eggs or it was close to death but I didn’t know why it would be dying please answer ASAPthank youMOST POPULAR

Skip to contentYour tiny, fluffy ducklings have somehow transformed into ducks. They quack all the time, poop everywhere, and somehow, all ground within a 12-foot radius of any source of water is a mudhole. They’re fun, but you’re wondering when you’ll get the rewards of all the work and money you’ve put into them. Where are those eggs?This article might also be helpful:Depending on the breed and the season, you can expect your first eggs when your ducks are 4-7 months old, or when breeding season starts.Ducks mature and become old enough to lay at 4-7 months or 16-28 weeks of age. Smaller...

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