Author Topic: First eggs of the year (Read 5863 times)

Brijjy · « **Reply #15 on:** January 30, 2012, 07:12:30 pm »

Not only have the ducks already started laying, they have been sitting on them and hatching them out

princesspiggy · « **Reply #16 on:** January 31, 2012, 12:32:24 pm »

my duck has started laying - hurrah!
since the fox took her friend shes abit lonely and starting to wander. will have to get her a mate soonish. anyone got any chocolate runners in aberdeenshire??

MAK · « **Reply #17 on:** February 01, 2012, 08:50:26 am »

Ditto - the Fox left us with just 2 muscovey females and good old Floyd who is also doing his job. We are taking the eggs before they freeze as the mums spend all their day breaking ice to get a drink rather than sit on eggs inside.
Bit ignorant here but does Floyd have to mate every day to ensure fertile eggs or is he able to fertilise a stream of eggs ( in one go) that the mum has yet to pop?