thanks again - I'm feeling much less guilty thanks to the kind comments.
EYP sounds possible. One of the ducks has a badly formed egg about every 10 days (no proper shell, or a small egg pushed out with a tube-like tail. As they roam a lot I don't know if this is always the same duck or if it...
thanks -- I thought layers had extra calcium, will get them some shells.
I was told they were all girls. The Cayuga has paired up with a local semi-wild mallard (an orphan we hand-reared a couple of years ago). I put her eggs into the nest with the duck I thought was broody. The mallard isn't...
thanks... Being egg bound seems likely, from the symptoms.
Is there anything I could have done?
Their coop is quite warm (we have had a sudden cold, wet spell which I read can cause it). I very rarely touch them, they are quite shy (were being kept pretty much in a box when I acquired them...
Hello - I'm fairly new to ducks and would appreciate some help. One of my 4 ducks has suddenly died. What should I do?
She is one of 3 white Campbells; I also have a Cayuga - they are rescue ducks and I don't know their age, had them a couple of months.
For a few days she hasn't been playing...