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And I searched the coop for an egg and none to be found so idk...

Okay and no she hasn't had supplementary niacin since she younger. I think I stopped when she was about 5 months.

No I only opened the vent and took a look so far. Maybe I should try that next.

So my only reason I don't think she is egg bound is from feeling her in the bath and trying to take a look if I saw "one in the chamber". But there was nothing obvious to be seen or felt. But I could definitely be wrong and am no expert on the matter.

Yes she was laying all last fall and then dwindled through winter. All the girls actually seemed to have started back up these past couple days with the warm weather tho.

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She is free range so she works the yard a lot for bugs and plants. Otherwise she get all flock pellets, crushed corn, and the fresh veggies this week were Brussel sprouts and green peppers. Also crushed egg shells for calcium.

So this morning all my 9 khaki campbells seemed to be fine but next time I saw them about 3 hours later one of them can hardly walk. She doesn't seem to be egg bound as far as I can tell. She seems to be keeping her legs kicked back and can't put them flat really. What should I do or check...

Yup thats exactly what they look like. I'm glad to hear they are just relaxing. All the splayed talk was getting me worried!

Hello there I have been reading a lot about splayed legs and wanted to makes sure this wasn't a warning sign. My ducks are 2-3 weeks old they are all very balanced and walk/run fine. They have even getting brewers yeast in there crumble since I got them. But when they are sitting or laying i...

Hello everyone my name is Mike and yesterday me and the family became proud duck owners! (1) Are you new to ducks / when did you first get ducks? I first had ducks about 8 years ago. Only two at that time and did not keep them very long before removing. Now that I am older and have a house of...