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So I was just in the yard hanging out with the chickens and one of my Specked Sussex name Curly Toes squat in front of me. Well I find it hilarious when they do it, so I reached down and gave her a back scratch. She happily walk away after a second but left something behind....



A Double Yolk Soft Shell.



hahaha Correct me if I'm wrong, but from what I understand this is normal for new layers. My girls have only been laying about a week and a half so I'm not too worried. They are on layer feed, free range and have a bowl of oyster shell so I know it's not a lack of something. :) I never thought I would see a soft shell, let alone, right before my eyes laid, DOUBLE YOLK soft shell.
 
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LingaB said:
So I was just in the yard hanging out with the chickens and one of my Specked Sussex name Curly Toes squat in front of me. Well I find it hilarious when they do it, so I reached down and gave her a back scratch. She happily walk away after a second but left something behind....



A Double Yolk Soft Shell.



hahaha Correct me if I'm wrong, but from what I understand this is normal for new layers. My girls have only been laying about a week and a half so I'm not too worried. They are on layer feed, free range and have a bowl of oyster shell so I know it's not a lack of something. :) I never thought I would see a soft shell, let alone, right before my eyes laid, DOUBLE YOLK soft shell.
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I had the same thing happen with my first flock and I would pretty much say I freaked. I didn't know why she did that. But yes, its normal. I love when they squat in front of me, it's like they're saying "pick me up, pick me up"
 
Quack Addict said:
Yet another reason to keep ducks instead of chickens. Never heard of anyone getting b!^@# slapped by a duck... LMAO
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I was fishing at a stock pond with my twin granddaughters when they were about 4. The stock pond had a resident flock of Muscovy ducks, it also had several bush like cedars around it's edges. There was a female under one of the cedars with several fuzzy little babies, and when one of my girls wanted to get a closer look at the babies that mother duck came out from under the cedar like a bullet and knocked her down and bit her a few times leaving quarter size whelps on her little back. She only stopped attacking her when I ran over and threw her off of MY BABY. I'VE NOT CARED ANYTHING FOR DUCKS SINCE THAT DAY!! Now you have heard of a duck attack.
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I was fishing at a stock pond with my twin granddaughters when they were about 4. The stock pond had a resident flock of Muscovy ducks, it also had several bush like cedars around it's edges. There was a female under one of the cedars with several fuzzy little babies, and when one of my girls wanted to get a closer look at the babies that mother duck came out from under the cedar like a bullet and knocked her down and bit her a few times leaving quarter size whelps on her little back. She only stopped attacking her when I ran over and threw her off of MY BABY. I'VE NOT CARED ANYTHING FOR DUCKS SINCE THAT DAY!! Now you have heard of a duck attack.
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When my brother and I were kids we were with our parents at a local park where we lived in Miss and a duck came flying up to him and bit him. I think my brother was around 7 yrs old so I was around 10. Yeah, ducks attack.
 
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Rocky Rhodes said:
I was fishing at a stock pond with my twin granddaughters when they were about 4. The stock pond had a resident flock of Muscovy ducks, it also had several bush like cedars around it's edges. There was a female under one of the cedars with several fuzzy little babies, and when one of my girls wanted to get a closer look at the babies that mother duck came out from under the cedar like a bullet and knocked her down and bit her a few times leaving quarter size whelps on her little back. She only stopped attacking her when I ran over and threw her off of MY BABY. I'VE NOT CARED ANYTHING FOR DUCKS SINCE THAT DAY!! Now you have heard of a duck attack. :)  
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Thank you for making my point!. Muscovys are not ducks.

They are more of an amphibious chicken...
 
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I realize that you love ducks, and that's fine, but approach a mother duck with babies that is not familiar with you and I guarantee an attack will occur. This is true for all species, you just don't mess with a protective mother! And a protective mother shouldn't mess with an overprotective grandpa!!
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