I have a duck that laid a broken soft shelled egg. I'm not sure which one but I think I might know. I have 3 one year olds and an almost 5 month old who I think may have started laying (got a tiny smaller than a chicken egg one this morning, photo attached).
The eggs I've been getting have been pretty average in size, varying quantity day to day, if even an egg every day. They've been very hard shelled, even the tiny one we got this morning.
Tonight I noticed a broken soft shelled egg with yoke next to their drinking water. It had to have been between 6 and 6:30 it happened. Shortly before that I noticed my youngest female poop and then some egg white like liquid dripping to the ground after. I thought oh shoot I hope she doesn't have a broken egg inside her. She's getting around fine but should I be concerned as the egg that was passed was broken? And because of the time of day it happened could it be an underdeveloped egg instead of a lack of calcium? I give them a separate dish of oyster flakes next to their food daily (they get fed along with the drakes so I don't put it directly in the food). Not knowing for certain which lady it was makes it hard for me to know who to give it to directly (via says) though I suspect it may be my youngest female cause of what I saw when she pooped. If it was her I'm not sure if she had laid the egg before or after I saw her poop and then the egg white like substance which came out after.
Could it be a lack of calcium though if she possibly laid the tiny egg this morning which was rock hard? More likely an underdeveloped egg being the time of day and laid it (if possible)?
Is it possible for a regular laying duck who normally has large eggs to lay an abnormally tiny one?
The eggs I've been getting have been pretty average in size, varying quantity day to day, if even an egg every day. They've been very hard shelled, even the tiny one we got this morning.
Tonight I noticed a broken soft shelled egg with yoke next to their drinking water. It had to have been between 6 and 6:30 it happened. Shortly before that I noticed my youngest female poop and then some egg white like liquid dripping to the ground after. I thought oh shoot I hope she doesn't have a broken egg inside her. She's getting around fine but should I be concerned as the egg that was passed was broken? And because of the time of day it happened could it be an underdeveloped egg instead of a lack of calcium? I give them a separate dish of oyster flakes next to their food daily (they get fed along with the drakes so I don't put it directly in the food). Not knowing for certain which lady it was makes it hard for me to know who to give it to directly (via says) though I suspect it may be my youngest female cause of what I saw when she pooped. If it was her I'm not sure if she had laid the egg before or after I saw her poop and then the egg white like substance which came out after.
Could it be a lack of calcium though if she possibly laid the tiny egg this morning which was rock hard? More likely an underdeveloped egg being the time of day and laid it (if possible)?
Is it possible for a regular laying duck who normally has large eggs to lay an abnormally tiny one?