Now that spring is finally in full swing all the female ducks are laying regularly. Some days we get 9 duck eggs from 9 female ducks. Most days one of the other takes a day off so average is 7 eggs a day. Or sometimes the count goes down and I know to look for a nest. Several times mama Duck has started nests and the Rouens, Jemima and Pebbles, are also a bit prone to laying outdoors. I think Angel has done this a few times too. We need no more ducks and have room for no more so we are definitely not encouraging them to keep nests!
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| Sometimes all he duck eggs are in their pen in the morning. |
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| Other days I have to search for a nest. |
Since the ducks are well trained to go into their pen at night they haven't been sitting on these started nests anyway but they do persist in starting more when I find and collect existing nests. I guess they think I need these mysteries to solve sometimes. Their fenced area is large so their are many hiding places for eggs!
The ducks are enjoying all their little paddling pools now that everything had finally stopped freezing over. I refill the pools for them a lot but they soon manage to get them very muddy again.
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