Recent content by Valley of Drakes

We have 14 adult layers with 30 ducklings coming in next week. ...and a some drakes. I don't mind washing eggs, but it takes about 30 seconds an egg. (Im not a fan of soaking eggs, though I think it's less of an issue with duck eggs for sure : much less porous.) If I build my business on the...

I watched him do it! He must have turned the pressure down or something. He lined up about 20 of the 5 dozen, red, plastic, flats on a concrete pad; washed, turned, washed turned. He isn't farming anymore so I can't ask, and I NEVER thought I was going to be an egg farmer!!! 🤣😂🤣 so I didn't ask...

I've started up our duck egg farm and know that egg washing (particularly needed for duck eggs) can be time consuming, so I was looking into the Little Egg Scubber as an option. Their link here: https://thelittleeggscrubber.com/ They market it convincingly, and I'm sure it does the job, but...

Okay! So January had consistant low egg numbers, with a slight up-tick in early February, but then a season low when the weather seemed to be warming. Go figure, we got a bit of a cold snap, nothing severe, but a bit of snow shortly after the egg-lull. I think the ducks just knew winter wasn't...

That would actually make me QUITE happy! I would love to have a mama raise more ducklings for us! What a joy!

Thanks for all the ideas and advice! I'll keep watching this next week for all those possibilities. The good news is that they all seem healthy and there are enough eggs to sell to keep them fed. Leave it to me to simply want an explanation. I mean they've kept laying reasonably all winter...

New notes and a possible cause: Today I got three eggs (about average) but they were all layed in the open yard of the enclosure. I think it's their nesting options! Last summer I had observed a preference for a tight hidden spot behind my nesting box option, so I simplified it and offered a...

Thanks for your reply KathiQuacks. I meant to share about the ratio. We started with a few drakes, raised females, then adopted a flock that included the other 3 drakes. The only reason we pardoned all of the original drakes was thd fact that we never saw them mount, but that may need to...

I know there are a ton of posts about decreased egg laying. Thanks for your time. It's late Feb in Willamette Valley Oregon with warm weather 40s-60s. Collection of and mixed breeds; 12 female ducks, of which 7 are almost a year and 5 are 'a few' years old; 6 adult drakes, 3 of which are were...