calcium defeciency

  1. Angelove

    Please help figuring best course of action for ducks laying softshell eggs!Thoughts on Calcium supplementation?

    I have 2 lady ducks laying eggs with soft shells. I messed up and forgot to put their oyster shells out when the started laying this winter..I had a duck get injured over the holiays that has been needing daily care and medication and when I started getting eggs I didnt even think about it..I am...
    • Angelove
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    • calcium defeciency calcium gluconate softshell eggs
    • Replies: 10
    • Forum: Ducks
  2. H

    Is Morning Bird calcium plus liquid supplement safe for chickens?

    Hi all! I have two 5-year-old hens who refuse to eat oyster shells no matter how hard I try. This summer, they’ve started laying eggs with really thin shells and even laid a soft-shelled egg once. I’ve been adding HydroHen and some electrolyte packets to their water a few times a week which has...
    • HannahL
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    • calcium calcium defeciency hens molting molting and diet older chicken soft shell egg thin shelled eggs
    • Replies: 6
    • Forum: Feeding & Watering Your Flock
  3. S

    Chronic soft egg issue

    Hello! I have a Gold Laced Wyandotte who has always had some egg issues. - once or twice a month she’ll lay eggs with such thin and brittle shells that they break when you try to write the date on them. - every few months or so she’ll lay a shell-less or *very* soft shelled egg. My hens are...
  4. HB72

    Barred Rock laying soft eggs

    Hello! We are new to having our backyard chickens, they are 8 months old now (6 of them) and we live in CO. All of the girls seem to be happy and doing well, we feed an organic 18%-layer feed available to them in their feeder in the run at all times, as well as oyster shells in a bowl...
  5. A

    Hen having issues with walking

    Our hen Fenx hasn’t been able to walk she started acting weird about two weeks ago she was off by herself away from her sister Jen, which at the time I didn’t really think much of it because Jen is a bit of a bully so we just thought she was tired of being picked on. Then a couple days later in...
  6. Alex S

    How to get your hens to eat oyster shells

    Today I came across my first shell-less egg. I make sure to have oyster shell in the run but they seem to never eat it. How do I get them to eat it? Maybe I should tell them no treats until they finish their oyster shell...
  7. C

    I need some help- possible calcium deficiency

    Hello, I need some help please. I have 4- 4 month bantam hens who has been healthy. One of them laid their first egg yesterday. She has been lethargic and a little off balance since. Today seems a little worse than yesterday. I brought her inside, have been giving her water with electrolytes...
  8. I

    Can’t get my 2 year old hen to lay eggs

    I have a Plymouth Rock chicken who hasn’t laid eggs since almost three months now. She is free range, we’re in California by the ocean so it’s not overly hot here. I can’t get her to eat her layer feed anymore. I try mushing it up with water, I even added cat food in the mush to disguise the...
  9. NikksChicks

    Soft-shell/rubber eggs

    Hello fellow chicken tenders! I’m at a bit of a loss and hoping to gain new information after researching online and reading similar posts here, but still unsure. I started with 31 various-breed chickens September 14, 2021 for the first time ever (a dream come true!). A few died in transit, a...
  10. CalBickieMomma

    HELP! Hens laying soft shell/no shell eggs!

    Hello chicken people! So here’s my dilemma … I currently have two hens laying soft or shell-less eggs. I feed the flock All Flock and Feather Fixer with scratch offered every other day. I have a dish I keep full with oyster shell and clean, dried egg shells for them at all times. Just...
  11. khloee

    California white broody or something more serious?

    My California white hen is about 1 year old as of this spring. She was laying eggs really good last fall but then winter came and they all slowed production way down. I never do anything to make them lay over winter. I like to give them a break for all their hard work. Now that it’s peak egg...
    • khloee
    • Thread
    • broody calcium calcium defeciency california white inactive lethargic not laying sitting a lot thin egg shells
    • Replies: 9
    • Forum: Chicken Behaviors and Egglaying
  12. A

    Feeding mixed maturity chickens

    Hi! We have 4 chickens and one of them just started laying almost 2 weeks ago (yay!). All 4 chickens are 17 weeks old right now. Right after we got our first egg, she laid 2 more normal eggs, then 3 shell-less eggs. I switched completely to layer food and offered crushed oyster shell after the...
  13. BarryTheBold

    Strange Soft Eggs for the Month?! Has anyone else experienced anything similar? Thanks!!

    My 1.25 yr old Amerucana has been laying soft eggs for the last month or so? I feed them fermented organic grains (Scratch n Peck Layer) and they have oyster shell available. This is the second time I’ve gotten an egg like this though. With the part of a second egg attached. Is it beyond just a...
  14. C

    HELP! ISA BROWN PULLET LAYING LIGHT EGGS WITH WHITE SPECKLES!

    So I have 10 ISA Brown pullets who just turned 18 weeks old today and 2 of them started laying last week and yesterday. The one that has been laying for about a week now has been laying beautiful dark brown eggs while the other one is laying light eggs with white speckles. I was just wondering...
  15. RoyalCoopMom

    One hen has thin shells- What to do?

    I have one hen, a 3 year old barred Rock, who lays a very thin shelled egg. The rest of my flock, a two year old and 5 pullets, are fine. In variably when she lays somebody breaks the egg and makes a mess. They have oyster shell available all the time and are on layer feed. What can i do...
  16. B

    Coturnix chick can't stand

    I hatched a bunch of very healthy quail about 3 weeks ago, no problems with the ones that hatched, but a few duds in the 'bator...though very few So fast forward about a week and a half, and I notice a stumble in one chick. It's very awake, it never stops, like literally it's always bumbling...
    • Bellas_Quails
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    • calcium defeciency cantwalk coturnix chicks quail chick weak chick
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: Quail
  17. Dylan's Story

    Dylan's Story

    Hi BYC folks, I know that you do not know me yet. I am new here, but I have had chickens, and other birds, since 1978. Yes, I know, “Pre-Internet”. Yes, I am old. My kids told me that in 1999! So, not new info. Why am I here? When I should be just moldering in my grave? I have retired and...
    • Parront
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    • african grey calcium defeciency calcium tetany egg binding bound calcium deposits thin shell parrot
    • Comments: 4
    • Category: Member Pages
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