Wes, as he was known, was born on March 24, 1834, at Mount Morris, New York, to Joseph and Mary Dean Powell. The family traveled west, living first in Ohio and then in Wisconsin. Joseph, a tailor and lay preacher, intended that his son follow in the footsteps of his namesake, John Wesley, the Methodist minister.
Tom Brakefield/Stockbyte/Getty Images. A wild duck nesting on your property is likely to be a mallard. Her eggs take 25 to 29 days to hatch, according to the U.S. Geological Survey website. Before she begins to incubate, she lays one egg a day, usually ending up with a clutch numbering about a dozen.
Confidence votes 10. mallard ducks lay 7-10 eggs per brood and have one brood per year,meaning that the females mate once a year, although the male can mate more than once per year.Peace!hey can lay up to 12 eggs in the nest, the eggs remain dormant until the female has finished laying, she then sits on them to i â¦ ncubate the eggs. It can take about three weeks for the eggs to hatch, this way, all the ducklings hatch within hours of each other, and are ready to follow the mother as a group.