That's not slowing down though, it's an emergency stop!
If it's any good to you, our runners all decided to sit, en masse, but then threw the eggs out of the nest when they started hatching "EEEK, Look Mavis! There's something moving in there - quick, kill it!!"
So of course no eggs for the 2 months (oops) they were sitting, no ducklings to show for it, and no eggs since. It's a good job I still find them amusing, or I would.......