OneEggToRuleThemAll
Songster
My Jumbo Pekin, Mae, is 5.5 months old and just started laying eggs two weeks ago. The first three eggs were fairy eggs with no yolks! Then we got three days in a row of JUMBO duck eggs, then one MASSIVE DOUBLE YOLKER, then no eggs at all for the next three days. Yesterday, she was panting HARD all day, and even when the sun went down, she kept panting. All the other ducks were snuggling in the hay for bed and she was just panting as if she couldn't get cool or comfortable. It's been HOT (Northeast Florida, been reaching 90F the past three days), and she is a BIG DUCK. Today she's acting strange. She walked slowly out of her hoop coop, didn't care about getting in the pool, and didn't care about preening herself much after she came out of the pool (after I put her in it).
Could she be egg bound? Could she be overheating? I also read that aspergillosis could cause excessive panting, and they can pick up aspergillosis from moldy hay, and I use hay as deep litter bedding in their hoop coop. Should I use a different litter material? What do I do for her? Should she have laid another egg by now? It's been 3 full days without an egg after the giant double yolker she laid.
I'm worried about her. She's my girl, ya know? What can I do for her?
ETA: I put her in the bathtub to keep a better eye on her and she POOPED! That means she can't be egg bound, right?
Could she be niacin-deficient? I have not been diligent about nutritional yeast supplementation since they've gone outside. But I recently read that Pekins might need niacin supplementation for the rest of their lives. Should she still be on niacin? Is there a better and/or more cost effective way other than nutritional yeast?
Could she be egg bound? Could she be overheating? I also read that aspergillosis could cause excessive panting, and they can pick up aspergillosis from moldy hay, and I use hay as deep litter bedding in their hoop coop. Should I use a different litter material? What do I do for her? Should she have laid another egg by now? It's been 3 full days without an egg after the giant double yolker she laid.
I'm worried about her. She's my girl, ya know? What can I do for her?
ETA: I put her in the bathtub to keep a better eye on her and she POOPED! That means she can't be egg bound, right?
Could she be niacin-deficient? I have not been diligent about nutritional yeast supplementation since they've gone outside. But I recently read that Pekins might need niacin supplementation for the rest of their lives. Should she still be on niacin? Is there a better and/or more cost effective way other than nutritional yeast?
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