Got my first duck egg!!!

[NuggetTheChicken]

Today when I went to change the ducks' pool water, I found a dirty egg near their water. After waiting for so many months, my girls have finally decided to lay eggs! The egg is about the same size as a medium chicken egg, pretty sure they'll get bigger over time. One down 4 to go. We'll see when they start to lay. P.S. I've heard duck eggs taste better than chicken eggs, do they?

 

[3bird]

Today when I went to change the ducks' pool water, I found a dirty egg near their water. After waiting for so many months, my girls have finally decided to lay eggs! The egg is about the same size as a medium chicken egg, pretty sure they'll get bigger over time. One down 4 to go. We'll see when they start to lay. P.S. I've heard duck eggs taste better than chicken eggs, do they?

Congrats!

We really prefer duck eggs for everything, but they are especially wonderful for baking. The yolk to white ratio is so awesome. We cook with them for dinner a couple days a week. The best! Enjoy!

 

[HalfWayUpAMountain]

Oh yes - duck eggs are fabulous, especially on toast, even more so with baking.

For anyone who has to bake gluten free, we have found ducke eggs help a lot.

Congrats on the egg - make sure you eat it ! I have two for brekkie every morning !

 

[21hens-incharge]

Congratulations!!!!

I look forward to mine starting to lay.

When did yours hatch?

 

[nao57]

Can you guys clarify...

Does it matter if ducks have nesting boxes? Or not? I was initially told that ducks didn't need actual nesting boxes, but how slow its been waiting for eggs is making me wonder why its slow.

I'm trying to figure out why mine aren't laying yet, and they are almost 7 months.

What months are yours?

And maybe you can tell us a bit about what helped promote them laying eggs and what got them started? What made the difference?

 

[HalfWayUpAMountain]

Half of mine like the boxes and the other half lay on the floor of the coop or even outside under the nearest spikey shrub.

My KC's took an age to start laying, I have no idea why - once they started they were like laying factories though !

What are you feeding them ?

 

[neo71665]

My mallard eggs were super rich. If you normally eat 2 chicken eggs in the morning one duck egg will do.

My geese eggs were even more.

 

[NuggetTheChicken]

Congrats!

We really prefer duck eggs for everything, but they are especially wonderful for baking. The yolk to white ratio is so awesome. We cook with them for dinner a couple days a week. The best! Enjoy!

Thanks! I'll definitely use them to bake!

 

[NuggetTheChicken]

Congratulations!!!!

I look forward to mine starting to lay.

When did yours hatch?

I got them from TSC on March 8th of this year, so they should be about 22-23 weeks old, I got them when they were 2 weeks old. Hopefully your start to lay soon!

 

[NuggetTheChicken]

Can you guys clarify...

Does it matter if ducks have nesting boxes? Or not? I was initially told that ducks didn't need actual nesting boxes, but how slow its been waiting for eggs is making me wonder why its slow.

I'm trying to figure out why mine aren't laying yet, and they are almost 7 months.

What months are yours?

And maybe you can tell us a bit about what helped promote them laying eggs and what got them started? What made the difference?

I don't have any nesting boxes just a coop. Mine are about 5 months old, but I think they started laying early because mine are a production duck breed, lightweight and lay many eggs, white layers and golden layer 300s. I also have a pekin, but I suspect she won't start laying until much later. I started giving layer feed a month ago since this breed of duck lays a lot of eggs and needs a lot of calcium. What breeds are your ducks?