mothersdream
In the Brooder
Mine straightened out after a couple of days, she is just starting to lay.
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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.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.
Welcome to BYC! You could try adding a little lube with a syringe. Info on how I treat egg binding here:I have one egg bound right now. Is there any way to lubricate the canal?
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.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?