calcium

  1. jgarner1327

    thin shells

    I noticed a thin shell from one chicken Pinky, so I ramped up the calcium with yogurt, black fly larvae, and oyster shells. Their organic laying pellets and grain are for laying hens. She recovered quickly.
  2. Emerald Rife

    My mallard duck is egg bound,

    And I can't seem to help her. Our mallard duck has been egg bound for about 3 days now! She has been bound before and I fixed (or so I thought) the problem. She went a month without getting bound a second time. She's been eating the same food that she's always eaten, when she can that is. She...
  3. K

    Thin shells in new layers.

    I’ve been feeding a 19% broiler pellet with oyster shells on the side to my mixed flock because I want to avoid excessive calcium in my breeding Boys diets and it’s the closest thing I can get to an all flock feed. I Have broilers arriving Sunday as well. My pullets have been laying for about a...
  4. UrbanHomesteadMama

    Soft/thin Shelled Eggs Overnight off the Roost

    Hi All, I’m a bit worried about my Olive egger. She was egg bound with a soft egg twice in the last couple months to the point where I gave her warm bath and brought her inside. Thankfully both times the rest came out. I added oyster shells in another dish to the coop (it’s in their food too)...
  5. WannaBeHillBilly

    Two month duck(lings) eating oyster shells

    Hi friends, decided to put this matter into a separate thread and not append it to the spring-duckling thread because they are technically still ducklings but they look and behave like grown ups… There is a small bowl (3" pipe end-cap), filled with crushed oyster shells in the duck house to...
    • WannaBeHillBilly
    • Thread
    • calcium calcium overdose oyster shell spring ducklings too much calcium young ducks
    • Replies: 16
    • Forum: Ducks
  6. T

    Soft shell, but sand/bumps on the eggs

    Hi! Both of my girls started laying this month. My first layer hlgive us great eggs. Her sister, who started about a week or two later, always had little sandy piles of bumps at tops of her eggs. So I switched their food to a 16% layer crumble. Chicky 1. still gives us great eggs. Chicky 2...
  7. IamRainey

    What's the difference between grit and oyster shell?

    I give my chickens both. Plus crushed eggshells. But the grit and the oyster shell particles are about the same size. They appear to have the same density. I know the grit is essential to grind down the other food they eat but wouldn't the oyster shells do the same thing? Certainly the shell...
  8. K

    Chicken feed for mixed flock

    Ok, I’m wanting to feed a mixed flock of layers/breeding Roosters, and don’t want to feed a layer pellet because of the calcium levels in it. I’m trying to get them onto pellets, because they are tossing the dry crumbles out and I want to minimize coccidiosis risks and stop the huge amounts of...
  9. K

    Layer feed and breeding/roosters

    If layer feed’s higher calcium levels are detrimental to non laying chicks, and is not generally used for meat birds either, would it possibly have a negative effect on a rooster in with the hens for breeding?
  10. S

    Chickens not eating oyster shells

    I own three ducks and four chickens and recently discovered one of my ducks is a male. Originally my plan was to integrate everyone to share layer feed, but now I don't want to feed my male duck excess calcium. So I bought normal flock grower food and I bought oyster shell to supplement the...
  11. Mitsos Lamprogiorgos

    Marble Powder

    Is marble powder a good source of calcium?
  12. Calcium Helps Build Egg Shells

    Calcium Helps Build Egg Shells

    We all know that calcium is required for egg shell production. If we have a hen that lays soft or thin shelled eggs we boost her calcium intake. So what should we be giving our flock to assist our girls to make strong, healthy egg shells? More egg shells, of course. I ask my egg customers to...
  13. rebeccabrown72

    Junia, Wendell, Origen, etc :-)

    Hi all! New to chickens this year, and excited about our little flock of 6. My family (husband, two daughters, a baby on the way and a dog) and I got our chickens in April the day the hatched. We build the coop/run from reclaimed materials and live the inner city of Columbus, OH! They have free...
  14. whitneyj09

    Molting on back, base of tail only

    Hi there I have a new flock of 8 hens, all having lost feathers or only have those soft under feathers left in the same spot and nowhere else- all on their "lower back" or base of the tail feathers. I've worked on mite control, given them extra calcium, and sprayed that stuff that's supposed to...
  15. AnimalGeek23

    Some Questions about laying eggs

    Hi all :frow Since I’m planning everything ahead for my chicks coming in september, I have a few questions about egglaying. When your hen first started laying eggs, did she lay them inside the nesting box? A friend of mine has hens and hers never lays eggs in the nesting box. How do they know...
  16. Bekalodon

    What is the absolute youngest age you can switch a chick to layer feed?

    My oldest hen has been throwing soft shells for the past couple weeks. I suspect it's because of a deficiency of calcium in her diet. My flock is currently on chick feed because we have a few youngsters in the crowd. The three older pullets are almost laying age so I'd feel comfortable switching...
  17. Jus10

    Thin shelled eggs from only one hen

    One of my hens has been laying very thin shelled eggs for a few months. They often break in the nesting box, or when we pick them up. They're also a much lighter color than normal (almost white - They're normally brown). She's a little over a year old. We feed the Texas Natural layer pellets...
  18. W

    Shrimp in chicken treat mix?

    Hey guys I am new to the forum and I wanted to know if it is common to have shrimp in a treat mix for your chickens. Some site suggest it is a good way to add calcium. Is this a normal addition?
  19. Chickening101

    No calcium for 2 days?

    One of my hens laid for the 1st time yesterday! I ordered oystershell, which won't come for at least 2 days...she is a golden sexlink....will she be ok w/ out calcium for two days?
  20. GracieJ

    Duck and duckling calcium/niacin needs

    I’ve looked at other posts about duck and duckling’s needs when it comes to calcium and niacin but there’s conflicting information and I thought it best to ask on a new thread - hope that’s okay! So I have two call ducks, one Drake, one hen 8/9 months old: when Myrtle was laying she was getting...
    • GracieJ
    • Thread
    • calcium duckings ducks niacin
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Ducks
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