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Why would my duck start laying eggs now?
She is 8 years old, and in 8 years she has never laid an egg. She was kept with another female until about 4 years ago, the other girl occasionally dropped an egg, she never did.
4 years ago, we got a drake. They did lots of mating behaviour and I was very excited, but after no eggs for the last few years, I really thought she was infertile.
This morning I found an egg under the pond, which I accidently crushed while changing the water as I was not looking for eggs! I doubt it was fertilized as there was no blood but there was however some white around the yolk. I am going to start checking the pen very carefully morning and night now.
Why would she start to lay now, after all this time? We recently got a duckling but I dont see how that would make a difference. They live in quite a big day pen and are locked up on our back deck at night to keep them safe as we have lost some in the past to predators. Any thoughts welcome.
2 Answers
- ?Lv 79 years agoFavourite answer
Your Duck has been incited to lay because it is coming into laying season.and the young Duckling has brought out her mothering instinct,
When an egg is laid it does not have blood in the yolk . this only forms when an egg is being incubated.and if it has been fertilised by the Drake.
- 9 years ago
It happens to all egg laying creatures, maybe your duck is a late bloomer. My female ball python was never with a male, but yet she laid an egg, but of course there was nothing in it.