Covert Ducks
Currently we have four khaki campbell ducks.
We have one drake and three hens. A great ratio.
The thing about Free range ducks is that they are very covert in laying their eggs. They create a wonderful nest, meticulously put together.
You will get an occasional duck that just plops an egg out while walking.
In September I stumbled upon this masterpiece. I really felt bad about taking them, I marked 2 and left them so they lay more.
Which they did, but was feasted on by some critter other than myself.
Now that the cold weather is upon us, the laying has slowed down.
Hopefully this Spring we will centralize where they lay.
The nest was tucked in the grass at the bottom of the photo.
It's a wild and dangerous world out there. The ducks might be able to hide their nests and eggs from view to minimize the predators, but there are also a lot of creatures in the undergrowth that would appreciate a meal of duck eggs. :-)
Do you have to take the poultry in in winter or do they find a way to survive in the cold.
The ducks have a shelter but prefer to wander around the yard, if they hear a predator they swim into one of the two ponds. Once the pond freezes over they are more of a target.
It was probably a muskrat...
We did get a few "harvests" before the varmit got to em Maw.. and markin em was my idea; so the ones we left wouldn't sit to long and get skunked, then they're only good for stink bombs, but by the time you figure out that egg is rotten it's too late!!!
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