Illness?

[mjmjross]

Hello friends! We have a Golden Sex Link that started laying very LARGE duck eggs a few months ago. Didn't think much of it, just thought that was her new thing. Then we noticed that she would only give us this large beast 2 times a week. The other times they would be messy soft shelled eggs in the coop. We have since added a bowl of crushed oyster shells to the play area. Now we are noticing that she spends a lot of time on the nest. While the rest of the flock (3 others) are out foraging.

Ideas?

Thanks for reading...

 

[BYCforlife]

Hello friends! We have a Golden Sex Link that started laying very LARGE duck eggs a few months ago. Didn't think much of it, just thought that was her new thing. Then we noticed that she would only give us this large beast 2 times a week. The other times they would be messy soft shelled eggs in the coop. We have since added a bowl of crushed oyster shells to the play area. Now we are noticing that she spends a lot of time on the nest. While the rest of the flock (3 others) are out foraging.

Ideas?

Thanks for reading...

Wow, that is a huge egg!
I would think it is lack of oyster shell, but why you get a huge egg twice a week, I have no idea.

 

[Eggcessive]

Those large eggs look like they are double yolkers, which some of my younger hens laid in their first year. She could possibly become egg bound with such a large egg. Keep the oyster shell available to her, and some hens will eagerly take crushed egg shells fed back.