Soft Shell Help!

Is it common for ducks to lay soft shell eggs during the off-season?
No. Might help to make sure they have access to lots of fresh oyster shell. If you know what duck it is, give her a human calcium pill or tums every other day a few times and see if that helps.

-Kathy
 
Quote: You sure could! For me it's just easier to make them swallow a pill. One could also buy Calcium Gluconate from the cattle section at Tractor Supply and give the liquid orally. Dose would be 0.2 ml per pound orally. It looks like this:


Refridgerate after opening. It has no preseravtives, so watch for mold.

-Kathy
 
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You sure could! For me it's just easier to make them swallow a pill. One could also buy Calcium Gluconate from the cattle section at Tractor Supply and give the liquid orally. Dose would be 0.2 ml per pound orally. It looks like this:


Refridgerate after opening. It has no preseravtives, so watch for mold.

-Kathy
I've used the cal glu and mixed in with thawed peas as a treat. they gobble it up.
 
Thanks, I just worry about stressing her..I'll give it a few weeks and see. I did add more shell in all their hang outs.
If she is otherwise healthy, giving her a pill will not stress her. Note that it is much harder for them to pass a soft-shelled egg. Soft-shelled eggs = stress, IMO.

-Kathy
 
I use the peas and calcium gluconate approach - though lately I have switched to dissolving calcium citrate in water, then using it the same way.

And that does not stress the ducks. When Romy would see me coming with her "special" - I always made it in a ramekin - she would sneak away from the other ducks to enjoy her treat. No stress.
 
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