So I have two females, both are laying. I assume one is laying every day to every other nice pretty hard shelled eggs. Then I’ve been having one that lays 1-2 thin shelled eggs daily. Why is she laying more than one, and why are then thin? I’m giving oyster shells and meal worms daily. But it...
I’m so excited that my girls laid their first eggs! I found 3 eggs today! Two were in their pool and one on the ground. One in the pool was very thin shelled, kinda soft. I’m guessing it’s the one girl who seems to be more timid. Do I just add chick grit to their food? What food do y’all use...
They are really beautiful!! My George is really beautiful too, he’d make some pretty babies. Maybe I’ll order some female of another breed. I really wanted khaki campbells or Cayuga or Ancona, so maybe I’ll just invest since now I know I enjoy the ducks.
They are pets but I really do want eggs, so having more females is preferable but one of the males I love a lot, he’s definitely the sweetest of my bunch!
I have the opposite problem. Anytime I let my ducks out of their enclosure they go straight to our koi pond and my husband doesn’t want them in there because he says they’ll kill all the expensive plants (fish are already dead thanks to water issues). So I try to keep them out. They love their...