Shell less duck egg with broken yolk next to it

[chickens really]

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[casportpony]

Glad you got some extra calcium into her, and extra love is always good!

x2!

The double-yolkers is another bit to be added into all this... I know many who love to get them, but those are also hard on a birds reproductive system...

I love to eat them, but hate the added stress they put on the bird.

I would keep track of those as well... maybe set up a laying chart about her...

A chart is a great idea. So far it's a bunch of normal eggs, then two double yolkers, one of which was followed by the yellow soft shelled? and three other soft-shelled eggs?

 

[Ravynscroft]

I love to eat them, but hate the added stress they put on the bird.

I don't care for twice the yolk, lol... but I really don't like the stress on the bird, or that if they continue to lay double-yolkers it effectively cuts the amount of eggs they lay in their lifetime in half... thus why so many production birds 'burn out' at a young age...

 

[chickens really]

I don't care for twice the yolk, lol... but I really don't like the stress on the bird, or that if they continue to lay double-yolkers it effectively cuts the amount of eggs they lay in their lifetime in half... thus why so many production birds 'burn out' at a young age...

Does not continue to happen after a Hens reproductive system settles...Lol..It is normal though and no need for concern...also zero stress to the Bird...

 

[Pyxis]

I had a red sex link that laid double yolk eggs her entire life. Which was only two and a half years, because the strain of such intense egg laying takes its toll on a bird. That's why high production breeds are so prone to reproductive cancer.

 

[casportpony]

One of my peahens laid perfect eggs her first laying year, then started laying doubles mid second year, and I lost her to a repro-tract infection.

@onaharley , note that I'm not saying you're going to lose your hen, I just wanted to share my only real double yolk story.

 

[casportpony]

I have some amazing egg binding and soft-shelled egg stories with happy endings.

 

[onaharley]

Thank you all, seriously!! I'm getting such great insight in all of this. I love the chart idea, I'll make one and show you in the morning. It might be able to show you all more info that I am lacking since my mind is well, like a scrabbled egg.....lol

 

[casportpony]

Thank you all, seriously!! I'm getting such great insight in all of this. I love the chart idea, I'll make one and show you in the morning. It might be able to show you all more info that I am lacking since my mind is well, like a scrabbled egg.....lol

I know how you feel. I look forward to seeing your chart!

 

[bobbi-j]

Thank you all, seriously!! I'm getting such great insight in all of this. I love the chart idea, I'll make one and show you in the morning. It might be able to show you all more info that I am lacking since my mind is well, like a scrabbled egg.....lol

I think that's a great idea. I don't have ducks, but you have gotten some very good advice here from people I trust. I hope you can get your girl back laying normally again soon.