Strange eggs

[CoriM]

Okay, got it. I was fermenting my feed so it was already a bit of a mash. Then when they took a bite, it seemed as though all the fines just slipped out in the water dish. I'm glad you've found a creative solution for your ducks!

 

[Quack head]

What kind of feed are you using? I use organic feed that comes with seeds that the girls love to pick out and then they leave the "fines" behind with all the vitamins and minerals. I started making a mash out of the left behind fines and they love it. Since then no more soft or shell-less eggs. They do have oyster shell available on the side but one of the girls just wasn't interested.

I am using Purina Duck Food and I mix it with a few mealworms.

 

[DuckyDonna]

I agree with Miss Lydia, keep the oyster shell on the side. My ducks laid lost of soft-shelled eggs the first month or so they were laying. Then it all settled down into a regular egg. They still occasionally break one and make a mess in the nest. This morning I had a tiny one - about 1/5 the size of a regular idea. What in the world?! It was so cute.

I do the oyster shell on the side too and have recently started putting some calcium citrate in the bowl with the oyster shells so only the girls will eat it and not the drakes. My older girls have not stopped laying all year and their shells are getting so thin I figured I better try something.

 

[Quack head]

An update! We had a good egg today, although it did crack a little while washing. But we had it for breakfast! I am looking around the Quack House to see if any other eggs are hidden. Both eggs, Daisy's (older duck) and new ducks eggs were in the same nest. I put in three nesting boxes, two do not look like they are used. I placed a fake egg in one of the new boxes, still nothing.

 

[Miss Lydia]

They like community nest better. I had 3 in shaving nest 1 just laying on top she probably couldn’t wait any longer.

 

[Quack head]

One egg in each of two next. The young one used a new nest.