BlueCoyote 0 Posted September 22, 2008 Report Share Posted September 22, 2008 ok i'm fairly new to owning ducks and i wanted to ask here.... I got four ducklings spring of 2007.. two happened to be drakes, two were hens.... the two hens managed to hatch out almost a dozen or more.. i gave two away, one died, and one came to dinner.... i still have the hens i started off with and they were laying their eggs like normal till it got hot as hell.... then no more eggs until just this past Thursday, i found two of them together in a little nest. fresh ducks eggs, not old rotten left over eggs. so my question is is that normal for ducks to completely quit laying eggs in hot weather? and the ducklings i reared... they'll be a full year old in mid March.. when can i expect eggs from them? i dont remember how old the first two were when i started collecting the eggs. i just remember going out to feed them one morning and finding eggs in their pen. oh, they're Peken(sp) ducks.... And.. I am thinking of getting some Muskogie ducks, or maybe they're Cayugas.. i dont remember which one is which unless i am looking at them.. would it be alright to mix them? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BlueCoyote 0 Posted October 2, 2008 Author Report Share Posted October 2, 2008 Thanks and the ducks i'll be getting will be around the same size as the ones i have already.. maybe bigger? i'm just worried about breeds mixing and what i might end up with. I gave two ducks to my aunt last weekend (male and female) and last time i checked i had more girls than boys. its the damnedest thing too.. we moved them out into a field with their pool, and lots of grass and havent gotten any more eggs since i last posted! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tiff 36 Posted October 2, 2008 Report Share Posted October 2, 2008 My Cayuga cross ducks lay daily like clockwork, but it is a bit of an easter egg hunt every morning! And beating the dogs to them too, they have a knack for finding their lay spots quicker than me. The only times they seem not to lay is normally 1-3 days after mowing the yard, that seems to lay the off a bit. Heat nor cold has seemed to bother them, I'll get more ducks before I get more chickens as I enjoy watching them putter around the yards. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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