New duck mom here and one of my pekins laid their first egg and I need help!!

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Isaac 0 said:
Pictures of the white/clear stuff coming out of her vent would be helpful. Is she eating and drinking normally, or drinking more than she's eating? Have you seen her produce any solids in her feces or just the white stuff?

It is hard to exactly determine what the discharge maybe, but it's possible, and often happens with new layers, is a soft-shelled egg break in their oviduct which could cause her to produce such a thing for the rest of their day.

I will say, on several occasions I've seen full-grown laying females walking around with white-sticky cum like substance drooling from their vent area. I've never had any problems after I witnessed that so perhaps it's normal.

If today, she continues to only produce the discharge, and no solids, it would be best to have her examined by a vet as there could be something going on internally that were not able to see.
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Thanks for responding! Honestly I’m not currently sure about any of that. I wasn’t expecting the egg and found it later in the day so before that I wasn’t looking too closely at what she was up to. I did notice that she kept wandering off on her own more than usual instead of hanging with my other two adult ducks, and usually they’re all stuck together like glue, She was also more into us petting and holding her than she usually is. My other pekin loves hugs and this time lily came up trying to share some of the attention, which I loved don’t get me wrong, but it’s not usually like her. I did see her eat and drink a little when I was by their food but I’m not sure how much else when I wasn’t around. I will follow her around all day today and see how she’s doing and what she’s up to, and I’ll try and get some pictures of her leaky vent for everyone here to enjoy lol🤢
 
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