dose for calcium carbonate in egg binding

[Chicken lover1980]

so I know one tums can be given crushed up for bound hens but what about powdered calcium carbonate? what would be its dose, and what is everyone's personal experience in what works best?

 

[Wyorp Rock]

Photo of the product you have would be best.

 

[Chicken lover1980]

Photo of the product you have would be best.

it would be these two,

https://www.amazon.com/Pure-Organic...ocphy=1025567&hvtargid=pla-448323352315&psc=1



https://www.iherb.com/pr/now-foods-...FDV_GdC83VUpNth4GyiitXw4wmc9IN2EaAiKtEALw_wcB

 

[Wyorp Rock]

Is it for your hen or someone else's? Walmart brand - Calcium Citrate with D3, once daily.

 

[khind]

Is it for your hen or someone else's? Walmart brand - Calcium Citrate with D3, once daily.
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From what I've been reading on this forum, it seems Citrate (like your pic) allows for higher absorption in chickens, just as with humans. But do you happen to know if Ca Carbonate (which is in TUMS) might be useful at all? I need to dose my pullet but it's too late to go to the store right now, and TUMS is all I have in my chicken first aid kit (because that's what I'd always read to give them).

 

[Wyorp Rock]

From what I've been reading on this forum, it seems Citrate (like your pic) allows for higher absorption in chickens, just as with humans. But do you happen to know if Ca Carbonate (which is in TUMS) might be useful at all? I need to dose my pullet but it's too late to go to the store right now, and TUMS is all I have in my chicken first aid kit (because that's what I'd always read to give them).

If TUMS is what you have on hand, then I would use it. Give 1 TUMS. Break it up if you need to and place the pieces in her beak, let her swallow or you can grind it up and mix it with a bit of scrambled egg or yogurt. I've found that TUMS does not dissolve in water very well at all or I would have suggested to dissolve and syringe it.

What's going on with your pullet? Is she struggling with an egg?
If so, she needs fluids and the Calcium. See if that helps.

 

[khind]

If TUMS is what you have on hand, then I would use it. Give 1 TUMS. Break it up if you need to and place the pieces in her beak, let her swallow or you can grind it up and mix it with a bit of scrambled egg or yogurt. I've found that TUMS does not dissolve in water very well at all or I would have suggested to dissolve and syringe it.

What's going on with your pullet? Is she struggling with an egg?
If so, she needs fluids and the Calcium. See if that helps.

Thank you.
She's started laying soft-shelled eggs - at night, on the roost! She's a pullet - 10.5 mos old. I brought her in to an infirmary-cage a few nights, & a couple of those times I crushed a Tums tablet (1000 mg Ca carbonate) and mixed it into just enough wet layer feed which she gobbled up. A couple days after each dose, her egg had a non-soft shell, however thin. Anyway, all I'd ever read about was Tums for hens, but tonight while searching this group, I found a few specific recommendations for Citrate instead.

 

[Wyorp Rock]

Thank you.
She's started laying soft-shelled eggs - at night, on the roost! She's a pullet - 10.5 mos old. I brought her in to an infirmary-cage a few nights, & a couple of those times I crushed a Tums tablet (1000 mg Ca carbonate) and mixed it into just enough wet layer feed which she gobbled up. A couple days after each dose, her egg had a non-soft shell, however thin. Anyway, all I'd ever read about was Tums for hens, but tonight while searching this group, I found a few specific recommendations for Citrate instead.

The Citrate seems to be better, but the Tums will work in a pinch or until you are able to find/source the other.

I'm sure you've checked her over to see if lice/mites may be a problem, that her crop is emptying, etc. Sometimes they can get a bit glitchy and the Calcium will help correct it. Stress can also cause some productive issues, something like a new rooster or flock members, change in pecking order...

If you do get the citrate, then I'd give for 3-5 days in a row. Some give until the egg firms up, but for me, I would not give for more than 5 days.

 

[khind]

Yes, I have checked. No external parasites, and I can't imagine internal either, although I will take a stool sample to one of the Vets (they're non-avian, non-exotic) to check. It would be great if they could also check for any bacteria as well, if that's a normal thing. (Bloodwork and am xray would be best! )
I wonder about maybe getting a liquid version like what I was using myself til I ran out a while back, bc it would be so much easier to administer.

 

[Eggcessive]

Are you feeding a balanced diet of crumbles or pellets? Many people find that using peck and feed type rations allow chickens to pick out their favorite parts and may be deficient in some nutrients. Also having crushed oyster shell available can help with calcium. Shell gland problems can cause shell-less or thin shell eggs even though the chicken is getting calcium and vitamin D3.