Three hundred eggs in a year: the figure comes up for some domestic ducks. But what does it really tell us about their laying rates?
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Between 1912 and 1914, American breeders published individual cases of Indian Runner ducks producing up to 300 eggs. The figure exists, but it does not describe the usual output of every duck.
According to a study conducted in Bucharest in 2021, average annual production was 173.74 eggs per female Indian Runner, 189.77 for the Khaki Campbell and 120.42 for the Pekin duck. These results come from a single study and should be interpreted with caution.
Breed is not the whole story: breeding line, age and rearing conditions matter too. One duck’s performance cannot predict how many eggs every other duck will lay.
