To be more clear with this answer, female reptiles and birds can lay eggs regardless of having them fertilized or not. The female duck will lay an egg regardless of the rooster's actions.
Furthermore, a rooster and duck are not compatible in breeding, so don't expect a chicken/duck hybrid or something like that.
You do not need a rooster for a hen to lay eggs. A well feed, happy hen of appropriate age will lay about one egg a day. If a rooster is around the eggs will be fertilized and you get more chickens, if not you get yummy eggs to eat.
Sure, but not all in one clutch.
Um, roosters don't lay eggs, the hens do! (Nice one!!) I disagree .. The question clearly states that a rooster had laid an egg ... The fact that a Rooster has laid an egg is irrelevant. Clearly the egg will go nowhere because it is balanced perfectly on the tip of the point! Errrrr..... If you look in joke books, it says: It didn't roll because roosters don't lay eggs! I know that because my nephew loves joke books and he sent me one for Christmas last year. Yeah, great joke!
If your duck is very colorful then its a male, the female duck (with every species) is not very colorful wich is the one that lays eggs.
i don't think all of theme do but it takes a very long time to lay a egg a example like canary
A mother duck can lay up to 10 eggs in its lifetime.
There is no certain number of eggs a chicken has to lay before any can hatch. The requirements for an egg hatching are as follows: 1. A rooster to fertilize the eggs. 2. The hen's willingness to sit on the eggs for at least 21 days.
Yes, in fact that's how new ponds get fish in them its an adaptation to ensure survival, a bird will eat ferttile eggs from one pond and fly to another one. Birds are not the only animals that do this.
No. That's not possible because chicken and duck are two different races (biological meaning). This is the same thing for a human and a monkey ! There are many reports of these crossing but most are not recent. They come from the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many times these birds will be friends and appear to mate but there has been no DNA work to prove it one way or the other.
Sure. The male of any species doesn't lay eggs. but girls???
Both are the same 'niceness' if that makes sense to you, but if you are thinking of buying: a drake ( boy ) is normally cheaper, because it can't lay eggs, but a girl can lay eggs. I would get one of each so you can get ducklings from them.
Pullets will start to produce fertile eggs when the rooster is permitted to mate with her. Young birds often are not receptive to the rooster until about 8 months or more. While the pullet will lay eggs sooner than that 4 to 6 months old, she will often not allow the roosters advances until older. This will vary from breed to breed.