Perkins laying eggs without a shell

[Miss Lydia]

Your definitely mistaken ...Sorry but not needed by laying hens.

Did you read the info? This is from someone I believe that knows more than us.

 

[quackiemama]

Thank you for your replies I really appreciate it. I will get some calcium citrate and stop the kale. Fingers crossed this will sort the problem out.
Yesterday one of them laid a tiny egg it did have a tiny yolk what’s that all about. My three Pekins are the first lot of ducks I have had they are beautiful and have lots of character.

Pekins are awesome!

 

[quackiemama]

This is the calcium citrate that I use for my ladies and it is already in powder form so easy breezy! My pekins are pets and are only here to be healthy happy duckies not raised for meat birds. I feed mine a healthy duck food from a local farmers co-op and supplement with Nutritional Yeast to keep them nice and healthy while they are growing so fast. They of course get mealworms, fruits and veggies. Yep even kale! And mine are perfectly healthy and happy animals. Have fun with yours!

 

[quackiemama]

They sure do @Miss Lydia . I just raise mine as pets and they seem to be craving the attention so it makes it even easier to do.

 

[casportpony]

Okay, so I gotta ask, why pill crushers? Why not just give the pill orally and be done with it?

 

[chickens really]

Thank you for your replies I really appreciate it. I will get some calcium citrate and stop the kale. Fingers crossed this will sort the problem out.
Yesterday one of them laid a tiny egg it did have a tiny yolk what’s that all about. My three Pekins are the first lot of ducks I have had they are beautiful and have lots of character.

That was a fairy egg..Normal unless something is wrong in the reproductive organs? Being Pekin they could of been more bred for meat and not egg production So issues will be predominant with egg laying.

 

[Miss Lydia]

If you read the link about feeding kale and spinach it is okay to feed both.

 

[J Hill]

DuckyDonna, I need to rehome the Pekin ducks that I have . Do you want them?

 

[quackiemama]

@casportpony just posted some info on the myth that kale and spinach shouldn’t be fed to birds hopefully she’ll share.

I found it!
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/spinach-and-oxalic-acid.1327080/

I was so happy about that information

 

[Miss Lydia]

Pekins may not have been bred for pets but that is what most of us have made them along with most other domestic breeds. And by golly they make awesome pets too.