Dabbling with ducks

I'm not sure if it has been the strange season, prolonged winter, dry spring (bad year for wind turbines) cool, wet August (maybe not so strange) but most local chicken keepers have seem to have suffered a bigger slump in egg production than usual this autumn. They should consider dabbling with ducks.

We have a little flock of  khaki Campbells, though keen observers will spot a black duck in the pond. One drake and five ducks are in their third year four ducks and one drake hatched and reared this year. They are currently laying 5-8 eggs a day and are outperforming the chickens by c.5 to 1. Until the young ducks started laying they did slump to 1 or 2 for a month or so but in the previous 6-7 months layed 4 or 5 eggs each day and on one occaision surprisingly 6 (only 5 ducks). The eggs are great to eat and fantastic for baking.