Duck egg collection issue
The good thing about letting
our ducks forage in the woods is the water.
What's not so good is when
they stay out all night and lay who knows where?
We'll herd them back in the
coop tonight before dark......at least that's the plan.
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About us: Anna Hess and Mark Hamilton spent over a decade living self-sufficiently in the mountains of Virginia before moving north to start over from scratch in the foothills of Ohio. They've experimented with permaculture, no-till gardening, trailersteading, home-based microbusinesses and much more, writing about their adventures in both blogs and books.
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comment 1
I kept my ducks in until midmorning as they'll usually lay their eggs before then. I don't know if that'd work for you but it's an idea to try.
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Ghislaine
— Sat Nov 1 20:29:19 2014
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comment 2
Yes, they do tend to lay mostly before midmorning. I let mine out of the coop around 8 or 9. Most of them lay before this time, and by being locked in during prime laying time, the ones that haven't usually have the habit of going back into the coop to lay.
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Anonymous
— Sun Nov 2 11:09:56 2014
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comment 3
I used to feed my ducks as I locked them in for the night, after about a fortnight they used to quack loadly if I was late. I used to let them out about 7am and most eggs had been laid by then.
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Chris
— Mon Nov 3 12:41:20 2014
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