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[chickenlady]

LoneCowboy, I wouldnt worry to much. Make sure they have a fresh bowl of layer food at all times and the avia charge in their water and put out some crushed oyster shell. That is all the needs to be done. Extra treats are not necessary. You dont want fat chickens, then youll really have a problem. Give the avia charge time to work, you will see results. As for yesterday, giving them the avia in oatmeal, dont worry, i always put it in their mash as well as the water. They can handle it. If you see them waiting for the treats and not eating their real food, cut back on treats for a while. Chickens eat the majority of their food in the early morning so at that time, only have good food available no treats, wait till just before bed for treats to help keep them warm at night. Good luck.

 

[dlhunicorn]

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actually the aviacharge 2000 is a commercial product , but one formulated to the NRC basic nutritional recquirements and containing chelated minerals and the nutritional supplements that many vitamin supplements lack...alll in the correct ratio to each other which is crucial (and approved for organic certified) .
LoneCowboy, thin shell eggs and such are not simply a sign of a deficiency of calcium....
calcium absorption is dependent on the ratio between calcium and phosphorus and also vit D3.
You might try (in addition to the polyvisol)giving them three drops of POLYVISOL in the beak once a day for a week (this is a liquid childrens A-B-D supplement)... wont hurt and might very well help. Offer them some live culture plain (so unflavored) yogurt...
Mixing a scrambled egg thru their feed and adding some sunflowers hearts will help with the feather eating (methionine)

 

[skatcatla]

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actually the aviacharge 2000 is a commercial product , but one formulated to the NRC basic nutritional recquirements and containing chelated minerals and the nutritional supplements that many vitamin supplements lack...alll in the correct ratio to each other which is crucial (and approved for organic certified) .
LoneCowboy, thin shell eggs and such are not simply a sign of a deficiency of calcium....
calcium absorption is dependent on the ratio between calcium and phosphorus and also vit D3.
You might try (in addition to the polyvisol)giving them three drops of POLYVISOL in the beak once a day for a week (this is a liquid childrens A-B-D supplement)... wont hurt and might very well help. Offer them some live culture plain (so unflavored) yogurt...
Mixing a scrambled egg thru their feed and adding some sunflowers hearts will help with the feather eating (methionine)

This is very helpful, thank you! I actually picked up some plain yogurt yesterday for them. I was going to mix some oyster shell in there for them. Do you think that's a good idea? Or too much calcium in one go?