Does this look like a egg problem? Or?

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I'm no expert, but i have seen many repro issues in chickens and I do believe that your hen is well past the non-surgical solutions. As for vitamin e, it's probably okay to give unless it's one of them fat soluble types like vitamin d. Like most vitamins, e comes in different strengths, so that is something to research. Send FBC a PM and ask him how many units (IU) he suggests. If it's an oil, giving it with a syringe is risky due to the risk of aspiration and lipoid pneumonia, but no need to tube, you could just give gel caps instead. :D

Hope that helps,
Kathy
 
Thanks, Kathy and Zaz,
I guess that if there was a non surgical solution the vet would have suggested it - she had certainly seen this before, although not in a peahen. It doesn't sound like there's any point to giving her the vitamin e.
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Guess I just don't want to think that I overlooked something I could do for her.

And thanks for all of the research for me, Kathy, sorry for the trouble.
 
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FYI, I found a hen trying to lay a soft-shelled egg yesterday and a hen with a belly full of fluid.

The one with an egg got ~700mg calcium gluconate orally and is in a crate. The one with fluid got 400ml of her fluid drained last night.

-Kathy
 
Opinion... When I have hens that lay soft shell eggs and they have plenty of calcium.. I treat with vitamin D3. The reason is although they have calcium it can not be released to the system if the bird does not have enough vitamin D3.. I use the vitamin pack that you mix up ( vitamin and electrolytes ) This has a number of things that will help with they coming laying season ( here ) . connerhiills
 
connerhills said:
Opinion... When I have hens that lay soft shell eggs and they have plenty of calcium.. I treat with vitamin D3. The reason is although they have calcium it can not be released to the system if the bird does not have enough vitamin D3.. I use the vitamin pack that you mix up ( vitamin and electrolytes ) This has a number of things that will help with they coming laying season ( here ) . connerhiills
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Probably a good idea to give some D3, too, which is what I'm going to do with the my hen that had the soft-shelled egg in post #65. Will probably also give her some E like FBC suggested. BTW, she passed the soft-shelled egg that evening, so in her case the calcium did the trick, but I am still going to give her some more calcium, D3 and E just in case.
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-Kathy
 
Calcium gluconate, a must have in my first aid kit. You can get it at TSC in the cattle section for about $7.
This is what it might look like:


-Kathy
 

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