Egg bound

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Elaine Wright said:
I read this thread because I have a small hen that lays double yolk eggs every other day. She's a young golden sexlink. She appeared to be egg bound. I opened one of my calcium capsules, added water and used a syringe to feed half to her. Two hours later, giant egg. My vet says that calcium controls utuial contractions. I hope I don't have to do that every day.
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Good work. If your hen recently started laying, she might be kind of irregular in laying for a while. But it is possible that she just has a tendency to lay double yolkers. I guess you will have to keep an eye on her.
 
Just had a pioneer hen die from what I'm sure was egg bound condition. Other pressing issues precluded taking time to address her issue. Now in researching treating this condition I see the potential solution, calcium, is a potential easy fix. My question to the experienced is how do you administer the calcium to a listless bird?
 
Romoshka said:
Just had a pioneer hen die from what I'm sure was egg bound condition. Other pressing issues precluded taking time to address her issue. Now in researching treating this condition I see the potential solution, calcium, is a potential easy fix. My question to the experienced is how do you administer the calcium to a listless bird?
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Some people dissolve a calcium capsule/tablet in water and then use a syringe to slowly squirt it in the hens mouth/ down the throat.
 

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