Another way is the equals sign = with a squiggle over it-- like an S on its side. ## The word about is abbreviated as: abt. (The dot at the â¦end shows that the sequence of letters is not a word in itself, but stands for one.) Ca. is the abbreviation for Latin circa, which means about.
Female ducks will start laying anywhere between 6-8 months old. Her first year of life, my runner female laid about 100 eggs in total, with a few days break between 2 weeks of laying. Her second year (which is often the most productive) she laid about 300 eggs.
Laying Can Take Two Weeks. Duck eggs are inert when laid. Their incubation period doesn't begin until they're under the warm body of the mother duck or surrogate, or in an incubator. Unless the weather turns freezing, with a bit of insulation the eggs will keep just fine and remain viable during the laying period.