Galaxyfalcon
Songster
Hi all,
One of my girls who just turned 3 has recently been having some problems with soft shelled eggs (thin, like little water balloons almost). The girls are currently eating Purina duck feed with a bowl of oyster shells (she seems to be eating them) as well as peas, meal worms, and free ranging in the yard for bugs and grass.
I was a bit worried about her and put 2mL of calcium gluconate in the girls' water last night but that was probably too little as it doesn't seem to have helped her today. You can see her struggling a bit in this video, I think I actually managed to catch her laying the egg.
Should I switch the girls to a layer feed? Any good tips on getting her to taking calcium in liquid form without having to do an oral syringe? We've done that before for an older duck but it's no fun.
One of my girls who just turned 3 has recently been having some problems with soft shelled eggs (thin, like little water balloons almost). The girls are currently eating Purina duck feed with a bowl of oyster shells (she seems to be eating them) as well as peas, meal worms, and free ranging in the yard for bugs and grass.
I was a bit worried about her and put 2mL of calcium gluconate in the girls' water last night but that was probably too little as it doesn't seem to have helped her today. You can see her struggling a bit in this video, I think I actually managed to catch her laying the egg.
Should I switch the girls to a layer feed? Any good tips on getting her to taking calcium in liquid form without having to do an oral syringe? We've done that before for an older duck but it's no fun.