Ducks deliberately breaking and eating eggs

[Miss Lydia]

Put it over a treat that you wet down or chopped tomatoes something they will eat up. I put it over the oyster shell

 

[Sierra67]

Put it over a treat that you wet down or chopped tomatoes something they will eat up. I put it over the oyster shell

While that Sounds like a good idea, this isn’t like a powder, this is small pebble like things. They would just dig the treat out and leave the calcium

 

[Miss Lydia]

Well, that is interesting never seen anything like your talking about.

 

[Sierra67]

Well, that is interesting never seen anything like your talking about.

 

[Miss Lydia]

Looks a lot like the oyster shell I buy. Have you got it in a bowl close to where you feed them? I don't always see mine eating the oyster shell but they are because I have to fill the container 1X a week.

 

[Yardmom]

Being your ducks are going more for the yolk than the shell, I would guess it is a lack of something other than calcium. I'm surprised that free ranging isn't getting them what they need, Trying a higher protein feed might help.

 

[Sierra67]

Being your ducks are going more for the yolk than the shell, I would guess it is a lack of something other than calcium. I'm surprised that free ranging isn't getting them what they need, Trying a higher protein feed might help.

They do end up eating most of the shell most of the time as well, just don’t eat the egg whites.

 

[Sierra67]

Looks a lot like the oyster shell I buy. Have you got it in a bowl close to where you feed them? I don't always see mine eating the oyster shell but they are because I have to fill the container 1X a week.

Yes it’s in a bowl right beside their food outside. It seems to look as if they’re starting to eat it now.

 

[Miss Lydia]

Awesome. It takes time with anything new for these critters.

 

[Sierra67]

This is the card that comes on the birds food bags if it helps at all