Is it common for ducks to lay soft shell eggs during the off-season?
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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.Is it common for ducks to lay soft shell eggs during the off-season?
Quote: Open bill, insert pill on their right side as far back as possible, close bill and massage pill down into crop. Tums are big, so those you would have to quarter, but most other calcium pills don't need to be cut.
-Kathy
can't you also crush and mix into some water?Open bill, insert pill on their right side as far back as possible, close bill and massage pill down into crop. Tums are big, so those you would have to quarter, but most other calcium pills don't need to be cut.
-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
I've used the cal glu and mixed in with thawed peas as a treat. they gobble it up.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
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.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.