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    Odd duck egg

    Thank you Hollow and Egg for your help. If it's the feed she is eating (Purina Duck), which is the only duck specific food my feed store sells, what would you recommend feeding them instead? I cannot get Mazuri duck locally. Wish I could. :( My local feed store sells game bird feed and feed...
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    Odd duck egg

    Ah, okay! That's kind of what I was thinking, but wanted to make sure. They both have had a few spots here and there over the past couple of months, and an odd pointy-head egg, but they've been normal otherwise. They do eat a LOT of oyster shell ... At what point does this kind of egg become a...
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    Odd duck egg

    Hey there, I just collected an egg from my Ruen and it was very odd. The shell was thinner than usual, with a small divet at one end, and it was covered with bumpy/soft-ish calcium deposits(?). The other day, there was an egg with a little splotch of deposit on it, but nothing like this. To...
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    Northern California (Sacramento County) 4 Pekin Ducks abandoned by owner

    Ok, thanks for letting me know. I will let the person know who is taking care of them. If you can please give me your contact info, I can pass that along to her so you two can arrange a time to meet the ducks. She may want a pic of your current duck setup. Thank you ;)
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    Northern California (Sacramento County) 4 Pekin Ducks abandoned by owner

    They were his backyard ducks that he would hang out with. I don't know that they are "friendly" like a dog is, but I don't think they're mean. I know all four ducks were always together in a little bunch waddling and quacking around the yard. I'm not sure if he had a pond or just pools for them...
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    Northern California (Sacramento County) 4 Pekin Ducks abandoned by owner

    Hey there, I am helping a friend whose elderly neighbor lost his home and moved into his car. He left behind 4 Pekin ducks who were his pets. They are about 2-ish years old, and they are thought to be males. There have been no babies over there since he got them, so they're not a mixed-sex...
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    Review by 'muddypaw66' in article 'Common egg quality problems'

    Wow, this was great! Perfect timing. I've been going to check on here to see why my duck keeps dropping soft shelled eggs randomly throughout the week. I figured it was calcium deficiency, and she eats a ton of oyster shell, so it was good info to get all this (and other problems I never knew...
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    Orpington Duck was eggbound, but still not back to normal

    Last update. Oddy died about 20 mins ago. I'm heartbroken. 😭💔
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    Orpington Duck was eggbound, but still not back to normal

    Update on Oddy She is not doing well. I was finally able to get her and look at her bum. It's green and gooey. And I can feel her breastbone. 😭 Her feet are dried up and she has trouble standing. Too little too late, but I'm soaking her in warm water in case something is left in there. Since...
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    Muddypaw now with webbed feet

    Thank you! I always felt at home in this coop, even before I had ducks! :)
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    Muddypaw now with webbed feet

    Hey there, I guess I'm supposed to do intro"duck"tions ... I've known about and read BYC for years and years ... and referred friends here with their poultry questions. Just never expected to be a poultry-parent myself. In December last year, 13 ducks adopted me. They waddled over from a field...
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    Orpington Duck was eggbound, but still not back to normal

    Hey there, I hope it's okay to post about a duck on here. I am a lifelong "animal person" (they find me everywhere I go!) and have extensive experience with furbabies, but not as much with feathered ones. I have an Orpington female duck that adopted me, along with a Rouen and a Mallard. (The...
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