Chickens in the Road - Topic: My ducks are hiding their eggs! http://chickensintheroad.com/forum/the-old-barn/my-ducks-are-hiding-their-eggs/ Simple:Press Version 5.2.2 My ducks are hiding their eggs! by Flatlander http://chickensintheroad.com/forum/the-old-barn/my-ducks-are-hiding-their-eggs/#p105258 The Old Barn http://chickensintheroad.com/forum/the-old-barn/my-ducks-are-hiding-their-eggs/#p105258 A little bit of dirt, grass and rain, don't make eggs un-usable, so no worries there.

 

]]> Sat, 02 Feb 2013 22:07:26 -0500 My ducks are hiding their eggs! by Ross http://chickensintheroad.com/forum/the-old-barn/my-ducks-are-hiding-their-eggs/#p105255 The Old Barn http://chickensintheroad.com/forum/the-old-barn/my-ducks-are-hiding-their-eggs/#p105255 Those eggs will still be useable as long as the hen hasn't started to incubate them. They were starting a clutch for hatching.

 

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]]> Sat, 02 Feb 2013 09:33:08 -0500 My ducks are hiding their eggs! by Cassie http://chickensintheroad.com/forum/the-old-barn/my-ducks-are-hiding-their-eggs/#p105242 The Old Barn http://chickensintheroad.com/forum/the-old-barn/my-ducks-are-hiding-their-eggs/#p105242 I have 4 khaki campbell ducks. I have 2 drakes and 2 hens. I have a little dog house that I cleaned out and put hay in. For months the older hen was laying her eggs in the doghouse. Then the younger hen started laying eggs and for a few weeks she laid them in the doghouse too. Now no one is laying eggs in the dog house.

I started seeing that they were losing feathers and figured they were molting and just weren't laying eggs but then my daughter saw a bunch of eggs over by the fence where I thought the ducks couldn't even get to. I found 10 eggs there. So I moved the dog house over to that area and for the past few days I can't find any eggs at all. I've searched our yard (which isn't that big) and cannot find them. What in the world is going on? Any ideas? The ducks are between 6-8 months old. I can't use the eggs if I find a big clutch of them because they've been sitting out in the rain and the grass/dirt/mud. Ack!hissy-fit

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