Shell less duck egg with broken yolk next to it

[onaharley]

It arrived in her nest as per her usual time.....shell and all!!!

 

[onaharley]

Awesome! Sounds like a good plan!



Hey, mom! An egg?? Oh, sorry, been too busy today... uh... worm hunting!

Lol, right!!!

 

[WVduckchick]

It arrived in her nest as per her usual time.....shell and all!!! View attachment 1196768

 

[MageofMist]

I had a silkie pullet do the same thing, and 3 days later she laid an intact double yolker. And a couple of weeks after that, she laid another double yolker egg.

My dad ended up stepping in the stray yolk, much to his confusion as we both had no idea what it was at first and I was freaking out over Peep-Peep, the cockerel, eating it! As I was cleaning it up, I realized it was yolk.

Then I found a jelly egg right besides the nestbox, and we only had one hen inside at the time so I knew it was her. I cut open the jelly egg and gave the yolk to them on the food tray, to make up for me 'stealing' the other yolk. Since it is one of their own eggs, I wasn't too concerned over giving them it raw and it would have probably burst if we tried boiling it, and so far I haven't had any egg eaters despite me also feeding them their own eggshells and boiled floater quail eggs that don't smell or look off.

 

[Miss Lydia]

 

[Ravynscroft]

It arrived in her nest as per her usual time.....shell and all!!! View attachment 1196768

Awesome! Great news!!

 

[casportpony]

It arrived in her nest as per her usual time.....shell and all!!! View attachment 1196768

I am so happy for you!

 

[casportpony]

@onaharley , now that your hen is back on track, would you like to see a picture of what can happen when an egg is retained? It's not too graphic, and the visual will explain why I was so concerned about your duck.

 

[room onthebroom]

@onaharley , now that your hen is back on track, would you like to see a picture of what can happen when an egg is retained? It's not too graphic, and the visual will explain why I was so concerned about your duck.

 

[onaharley]

I sill need to read through today posts but I found another egg in nest when I came home from work. This one has a hard shell but you can clearly see the indentation on. I took a couple of angles and the last one is next to the one I got this morning. Thoughts?