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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.
Factor #1 - Breed. Chicken breeds that are generally considered to be layers tend to lay sooner than those considered meat or dual purpose breeds. The hybrid laying breeds start laying as early as 16 weeks. Heritage laying breeds tend to lay about 4 weeks later (20 weeks) and all other breeds will begin laying between 20-32 weeks of age. I have no hard evidence to prove this, but I suspect that the breeds that lay the most eggs each year are also ones that are likely to lay the soonest.