Egg bound or egg broken inside?

[Harris14]

I’m new to ducks. I got 2 pekins. One male and one female. Had them for a few months now. Yesterday all was good. I went to feed and both came running and quacking and she was bobbing her head as usual. No problems. This morning I go to the pen to feed and my girl Dixie is laying down bobbing her tail. I go to her and she won’t get up. There’s no egg like usual. I pick her up give her a good long soak. At least an hour. She loves the water. When I get her out of the pool she is shaking. I don’t know what to do. I ain’t had ducks. I put some vitamins and electrolytes in her water. Put her in a crate by herself. Put food in. She will not eat but sipped some water. I left to go to my uncles funeral and when I come home she’s dead. She was healthy yesterday. There were no visible signs of injuries. Can anyone please tell me what prob happened to my Dixie girl to avoid anything like this in the future.

 

[BelovedBirds]

I’m new to ducks. I got 2 pekins. One male and one female. Had them for a few months now. Yesterday all was good. I went to feed and both came running and quacking and she was bobbing her head as usual. No problems. This morning I go to the pen to feed and my girl Dixie is laying down bobbing her tail. I go to her and she won’t get up. There’s no egg like usual. I pick her up give her a good long soak. At least an hour. She loves the water. When I get her out of the pool she is shaking. I don’t know what to do. I ain’t had ducks. I put some vitamins and electrolytes in her water. Put her in a crate by herself. Put food in. She will not eat but sipped some water. I left to go to my uncles funeral and when I come home she’s dead. She was healthy yesterday. There were no visible signs of injuries. Can anyone please tell me what prob happened to my Dixie girl to avoid anything like this in the future.

I'm so sorry for your loss. That must be especially painful to find her immediately after a funeral.
There's no way to say for sure what killed her without a necropsy, there are a bunch of things, and there's a broad list of egg related problems-- far beyond simply being egg bound.

You did the right thing putting her in a bath for a bit, that can sometimes help. In future, when egg binding is suspected, calcium gluconate is required. 1ml of liquid calcium gluconate (durvet is a good one), or some calcium gluconate powder given orally. That can get an egg moving.
But for her to die so quickly, I wonder if it may have been something else.

Could she have eaten something toxic? Did she have any breathing difficulty?
Again, very sorry for your loss.

 

[Harris14]

I'm so sorry for your loss. That must be especially painful to find her immediately after a funeral.
There's no way to say for sure what killed her without a necropsy, there are a bunch of things, and there's a broad list of egg related problems-- far beyond simply being egg bound.

You did the right thing putting her in a bath for a bit, that can sometimes help. In future, when egg binding is suspected, calcium gluconate is required. 1ml of liquid calcium gluconate (durvet is a good one), or some calcium gluconate powder given orally. That can get an egg moving.
But for her to die so quickly, I wonder if it may have been something else.

Could she have eaten something toxic? Did she have any breathing difficulty?
Again, very sorry for your loss.

No breathing difficulty. I let them out of there cage yesterday so it’s possible she found something she shouldn’t have eaten. I’m not a duck person but I really liked her. She was calm. Not scared at all. Would come up to me and quack when she wanted her food. I don’t understand. She’s been fine until today.

 

[Harris14]

I'm so sorry for your loss. That must be especially painful to find her immediately after a funeral.
There's no way to say for sure what killed her without a necropsy, there are a bunch of things, and there's a broad list of egg related problems-- far beyond simply being egg bound.

You did the right thing putting her in a bath for a bit, that can sometimes help. In future, when egg binding is suspected, calcium gluconate is required. 1ml of liquid calcium gluconate (durvet is a good one), or some calcium gluconate powder given orally. That can get an egg moving.
But for her to die so quickly, I wonder if it may have been something else.

Could she have eaten something toxic? Did she have any breathing difficulty?
Again, very sorry for your loss.

Where can I get that calcium to have if I need it. Thank you for replying.

 

[Miss Lydia]

TSC carries it most likely in the cattle section. or order online.
Sounds like an egg laying issue if she was in the nest bobbing her tail.
Very sorry for your loss.

 

[Canadian Wind]

Sorry to hear about your poor duck. Sounds like she was very loved.

As much as you don't want to think about this right now, you'll need to find at least another duck to be a companion for your drake, preferably two. You could switch to an all-drake small flock, there are a lot of them available at this time of year.

I hope you both heal quickly from this tragic loss.