calcium deficiency

  1. B

    egg bound with soft shells?

    My chicken was walking around slowly and has a history of being egg bound so out of precaution I took her inside and did an epsom salt bath soak. I could tell she was straining to push something out. After about an hour and a half, I was finally able to feel a soft shelled egg inside her, which...
  2. Apex Peacher

    Calcium Glubionate Help/Rant

    Hello! Seeking some assistance with obtaining “affordable” calcium glubionate for my ducks. I have two girls who are susceptible to peritonitis and require a regimen of antibiotics/anti-inflammatories and my vet wants them both on calcium glubionate twice a day. I am located in central Texas and...
  3. Navigator73

    Calcium deficiency, guidance and recommendations

    I pretty new at backyard chckening, and I have a hen that’s been limping for the past couple days, and laid a shelless egg yesterday. I’ve got her inside with her own food with plenty of oyster shells. I talked to folks at the local farm supply store, and they suggested I add calcium gluconate...
  4. Kimmyh51

    Do we, or the makersof feed actually even know what ducks need for nutrition

    just wondering if anyone else out there, who has ducks, ducklings, and considers themselves to be oretty well educated on their nutritional needs, (ie niacin leg deficiency, needs for laying birds, etc, has had birds which have shown signs of what look to be nutritional deficiencie, despite you...
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  5. C

    Abnormal egg

    One of my hens is laying an egg with a soft spot and also has some rough texture to it. Unsure if that us calcium deposits. It also has very little color. It's almost completely white when normally a greenish color.
  6. TheBirdBabe

    Please help!

    I have a hen that's had some trouble with laying eggs lately. Today I went to check on them since it's been raining & give them some mash. She was up on a perch by herself with her wings dropped (touching the branch). She is a weird one who will lay ANYWHERE! So I took a second to see if I...
  7. S

    Thin and soft-shelled eggs - calcium deficiency, absorption, egg drop syndrome?

    Hi there, I’m based in Sydney (Australia) and I have two Lohmann brown chickens which are only about 1 ½ years old. They’ve both been perfectly healthy and laying consistently until now. One of them has been laying thin-shelled and soft-shelled eggs on and off for the past 7 weeks. Occasionally...
  8. MichelleT

    Thin Shelled Eggs... an epidemic

    Hello all! I have 7 layers and 3 pullets close to POL. 1 is older (6-7 years is our best approximation) 1 is 2 years old the other 5 are a little over a year old. The older gal has had some thin-shelled eggs as she has aged. The others have been fine... until now... as of about a month ago...
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