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Ducks quit laying #6575870 07/17/19 08:52 PM 07/17/19 08:52 PM
Joined: Oct 2013 Posts: 11,269 Indiana B brianmall OP trapper
brianmall OP trapper B Joined: Oct 2013 Posts: 11,269 Indiana	Went from 20 eggs a day to 1 or 2 as soon as it broke 90deg. Do they really quit laying due to heat? Nothing else has changed.

Re: Ducks quit laying [Re: brianmall] #6575878 07/17/19 08:57 PM 07/17/19 08:57 PM
Joined: May 2009 Posts: 15,631 Champaign County, Ohio. K KeithC trapper
KeithC trapper K Joined: May 2009 Posts: 15,631 Champaign County, Ohio.	They are entering the molt. They won't lay well again until mid August in a normal year. Keith

Re: Ducks quit laying [Re: brianmall] #6575914 07/17/19 09:25 PM 07/17/19 09:25 PM
Joined: May 2011 Posts: 849 Michigan coonlove trapper
coonlove trapper Joined: May 2011 Posts: 849 Michigan	Keith is right. One thing HAS changed-we are a month past the longest day. "I'm the paterfamilias"

Re: Ducks quit laying [Re: brianmall] #6575925 07/17/19 09:42 PM 07/17/19 09:42 PM
Joined: Oct 2013 Posts: 11,269 Indiana B brianmall OP trapper
brianmall OP trapper B Joined: Oct 2013 Posts: 11,269 Indiana	So it's time to hand pluck down?

Re: Ducks quit laying [Re: brianmall] #6575941 07/17/19 09:54 PM 07/17/19 09:54 PM
Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 11,338 East-Central Wisconsin B bblwi trapper
bblwi trapper B Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 11,338 East-Central Wisconsin	Tame ducks as do all fowl to an extent follow the evolutionary procedure as do our migrating waterfowl. They molt based on day length as was stated so they can grow new feathers for the long journey south and the young will develop their flying feathers as well. Bryce

Re: Ducks quit laying [Re: brianmall] #6575947 07/17/19 10:05 PM 07/17/19 10:05 PM
Joined: Oct 2013 Posts: 11,269 Indiana B brianmall OP trapper
brianmall OP trapper B Joined: Oct 2013 Posts: 11,269 Indiana	I'm just happy that's all it is!

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