dose for calcium carbonate in egg binding

[BDutch]

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?

Why would you choose something that is more risky and complicated than the usual?
In lots of feed Calcium is dosed properly for laying hens. My chickens eat oyster shells and crushed eggs shells if they need more Calcium.

 

[khind]

Good to hear her appetite is improving.

Hmm, might be lash material but I'm on the fence. Was it rubbery? Did you cut it open and look inside? When my girl was laying lash eggs, they were either brownish or greyish from memory and were curdy, like cottage cheese.

Softer is meant to be better, or a less progressed infection. The harder it is, the worse the prognosis. I've heard of them having the consistency of hard boiled eggs.

Definitely check her abdomen for fever. Compare her temp with another healthy bird. I could tell by touch with my girl when she was going through this.

If it is salpingitis, one good thing about it is that it's not generally contagious, so she may not need to be separated or held away from the flock for an extended period of time if she's well enough to be out and about.

I'll check her abdomen for a temperature.
Sorry, I thought it would show in the pic, but this is a tiny version of an barely, shelled egg, but inside was just liquid albumin with no yolk. Not rubbery on the outside. Not a lash egg. And I know it's possible for a hen or pullet to lay a yolk-less egg, though not commonly. I just thought it interesting that this was only tiny egg I've seen her lay. All the others I've seen so far have been complete on the inside and of standard size for a standard-size chicken.

Spunky, quizzical, engaging this a.m. Eating and drinking well. I just put her back in with the others.
Waiting for antibiotics to be sent thru the mail.

 

[microchick]

So sorry I haven't responded before now. For some reason google decided to put my alerts in the trash bin. Gotta love them.

Yes! Good job! She can see. First problem solved.

I would bet real money that she has either A) a smoldering reproductive infection. Or B) A reproductive tumor.

One of my hens died suddenly three summers ago. I thought it was MD as she was thin. But I decided to cut her open to see if it was tumor related. Nope. She had a huge wad of hard dried pus where one of her ovaries should be.

Asymptomatic. She had just finished brooding a clutch of chicks. Whether or not that contributed to her demise, not laying, hormonal changes, etc. I don't know. But I don't believe it was due to MD.

Antibiotics. Personally I buy Thomas Labs fish grade antibiotics for either Thomas Labs website:

http://www.antibioticsforfish.com/thomas-labs/

or from https://hoovesandpaws.com/

I use the later a lot as they ship fast and free in the continental US.

Turmeric and Garlic? For preventative yes, complementary yes but while Turmeric is a natural occurring antibiotic garlic will not do anything for existing infections or parasites. You are going up against some heavy duty bacteria if your girl has a reproductive infection.

You have gotten some good advice. Check for heat in her belly and also for ascites aka 'water belly'. Both can be found in tumor presence and in infections.

I lost a sweet Amerauracana hen last year to the same thing. She was 3 years old. Started laying soft shelled eggs, stopped laying, laid a few normal eggs then one small egg and quit laying. She developed ascites and a hot belly. She died three months later.

Reproductive disorders in hens are like forest fires. Once they start it's hard to get them under control with a squirt gun.

 

[Chicken lover1980]

Great question, I wanted to kinda broaden my information on the topic and know what else would help when tums isn’t available.

Also sometimes the calcium in the feed isn’t enough because each hens needs is unique especially if disease or something causing deficiency is in the mix

Why would you choose something that is more risky and complicated than the usual?
In lots of feed Calcium is dosed properly for laying hens. My chickens eat oyster shells and crushed eggs shells if they need more Calcium.

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[BDutch]

Great question, I wanted to kinda broaden my information on the topic and know what else would help when tums isn’t available.

Also sometimes the calcium in the feed isn’t enough because each hens needs is unique especially if disease or something causing deficiency is in the mix

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I believe if a chicken lays eggs withouth a shell because of an infection, no calcium extra’s will help. She just can’t make an eggshell anymore.

 

[Chicken lover1980]

I believe if a chicken lays eggs withouth a shell because of an infection, no calcium extra’s will help. She just can’t make an eggshell anymore.

in those cases yes, but besides that bumps in the road do happen often like glitches, flock mates not allowing them to eat, etc so I do believe its important to know other alternatives.