Egg-bound duck!

[JadeAR]

Spoke to a vet today at a hospital that sees birds who said her situation would require surgery, and I just can't justify the expense. We'll have to let her go.

I think the brand of lay pellets I've been using is problematic, though it contains oyster shell. I had a prolapse on another duck, and thin shells on the chickens, just was in denial about it. This duck's shells are plenty hard as are the other girls, though there has been the occasional soft-shelled egg. Any other additions to feed that help with calcium absorption?

I’m so sorry this happened to your girl. I went through was sounds like exactly the same thing with my sweet runner duck and the vet suggested putting her down.
I’ve been searching google and couldnt find any information similar to my experience until I found your post. Any luck finding out what causes it? My vet didn’t think it was nutritional based at all and considered it just really bad luck.