Chicken mama newbie! Needs help!!

[Bcot]

Hiya, and welcome to BYC! Sorry it's on a sad note, but the advice above should have your hen back to good as new in a few days!

Thx!!

 

[Bcot]

Crushed eggshells are great but you should also keep oyster shell available. The egg shells will only have a portion of the calcium that the hens produce.

Ok thx so much!! Didn’t know there was a big difference between egg shell calcium and oyster shell calcium.

 

[BigBlueHen53]

As the eggs continue to be recycled, it seems inevitable to me that the calcium will become depleted.

 

[007Sean]

Howdy, and Welcome to Backyard Chickens.

Happy to have you here with us. Enjoy your time here at BYC!

Thanks for joining our community!

 

[pennyJo1960]

Welcome to Backyard Chickens. This is a great place to explore and hang out.

 

[Tookie]

Hello and welcome to BYC! So sorry about your girl, good luck with her.

 

[OrpingtonManiac]

Welcome to BYC!
I'm sorry about your hen, i hope she gets better soon

 

[chrissynemetz]

Welcome to BYC! Good luck with your hen.

 

[DobieLover]

Hello and welcome to BYC! Glad you joined.

I just give one of these daily when they are having a problem like that for a couple days or few days you can give one a day.

Use these but the correct dosage is 2 daily. I give one in the morning and one in the evening. It is safe to give them to her for a week.

open bowl of finely crushed egg shells

These are more of a treat. As mentioned, please put out a container or 2 of oyster shell. They need a slower release calcium source than egg shells provide and they are just not enough calcium.

Did you ever see albumen or yolk on her butt fluff? If so, she may have broken an egg inside her and if that is the case, I would run a course of amoxicillin through her. I give it in the form of Fish mox which comes in 250 mg capsules. I give 1 capsule every 12 hours to a 5-6# hen for 7 days.

 

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Hi @Bcot you've been given lots of great advice, hope it helps. Keep us posted!