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Hi everyone! I must warn you, this is kind of a long story....
I have 2 Khaki Campbells, Lucy and Jane. (Mocha, the 3rd one was killed in February by a hawk )
In late November, I have a picture of the last time I know all 3 of them laid a normal egg, because I took a picture.
For at least the past 3 months, but probably longer, one of them, I wasn't sure who, was laying a very soft egg. I didn't think it was daily and I didn't know which one was doing it. So basically, I wasn't worried....
Mocha was the most dominant of the 3, and it wasn't until after she was killed that I realized how much. Mocha had perpetual boredom I think and found it fun to pick on the other ones. Hindsight tells me that Mocha was breaking and eating or playing with soft eggs a lot and I wasn't realizing.
With Mocha gone, I'm seeing that it's Jane laying these soft eggs consistently and every day!! So I kept doing more research and read other people's advice and I've tried at all:
1. Yes, they get oyster shell, their feed has enough calcium in it according to the label.
2. I supplemented her with calcium citrate for 5 days straight and saw no changes.
3. I supplemented her with calcium gluconate for 4 days and saw no changes.
So now we're up to 2 weeks ago on this crazy timeline and I picked up Jane's soft egg and I could see a dark spot inside. This was very odd. I opened up the egg and it was a grayish color with some white clumps in it, it seemed to be on the yolk, and all of it was soft. My first thought was parasite, but what the hell do I know? I've never had ducks before!! I showed a farmer friend of mine and she too thought parasites and suggested I use a dewormer. She picked me up some Wazine 17, and after all the math and using the dosage for chickens, I gave Jane and Lucy a dose. I don't like giving them anything if I'm not sure it's the right thing to do, so this has all been making me nervous. I have photos that I will post soon. Every egg Jane lays though feels like a little water balloon, like the membrane is there but the shell never develops at all. I've even been timing them and there's always more than 24 hours between her eggs, so I don't think it's her cycle, but I really have no clue!! Any advice would be great!! Thanks!
I have 2 Khaki Campbells, Lucy and Jane. (Mocha, the 3rd one was killed in February by a hawk )
In late November, I have a picture of the last time I know all 3 of them laid a normal egg, because I took a picture.
For at least the past 3 months, but probably longer, one of them, I wasn't sure who, was laying a very soft egg. I didn't think it was daily and I didn't know which one was doing it. So basically, I wasn't worried....
Mocha was the most dominant of the 3, and it wasn't until after she was killed that I realized how much. Mocha had perpetual boredom I think and found it fun to pick on the other ones. Hindsight tells me that Mocha was breaking and eating or playing with soft eggs a lot and I wasn't realizing.
With Mocha gone, I'm seeing that it's Jane laying these soft eggs consistently and every day!! So I kept doing more research and read other people's advice and I've tried at all:
1. Yes, they get oyster shell, their feed has enough calcium in it according to the label.
2. I supplemented her with calcium citrate for 5 days straight and saw no changes.
3. I supplemented her with calcium gluconate for 4 days and saw no changes.
So now we're up to 2 weeks ago on this crazy timeline and I picked up Jane's soft egg and I could see a dark spot inside. This was very odd. I opened up the egg and it was a grayish color with some white clumps in it, it seemed to be on the yolk, and all of it was soft. My first thought was parasite, but what the hell do I know? I've never had ducks before!! I showed a farmer friend of mine and she too thought parasites and suggested I use a dewormer. She picked me up some Wazine 17, and after all the math and using the dosage for chickens, I gave Jane and Lucy a dose. I don't like giving them anything if I'm not sure it's the right thing to do, so this has all been making me nervous. I have photos that I will post soon. Every egg Jane lays though feels like a little water balloon, like the membrane is there but the shell never develops at all. I've even been timing them and there's always more than 24 hours between her eggs, so I don't think it's her cycle, but I really have no clue!! Any advice would be great!! Thanks!