Egg production

[Mhowell85]

Our chicken didn't get up for treats this morning. By the time my wife woke me up, the chicken had dropped an egg that was missing a piece of the shell. I got the chicken off the roost and checked her abdomen, it wasn't hard so I put her down. She then got down and started to drink some water. She has been standing at the water bowl for 30 mins now, she did lay another egg with a very soft shell. She is still standing at the water bowl, drinking little water.

Is it possible to for her to still be egg bound?

 

[Eggcessive]

Sometimes it can be common for a hen to become egg bound, and then shortly lay an egg right behind that one. Since she is experiencing soft shell now, I would get some human calcium citrate with vitamin D and give her 300 mg daily for the next 7 days. That can help shells become hard, and increases muscle contraction to get the egg out. Make sure that she is drinking well. Here is a good one that is 400 mg and okay:
https://www.walmart.com/ip/Equate-C...Tablets-Dietary-Supplement-200-Count/24681635

 

[Mhowell85]

Thank you for your reply! She seems to be getting better, she is moving around and pecking a little bit now!

 

[BigBlueHen53]

Get some calcium citrate +D3 tablets at any grocery in the vitamins section and pop one in her beak every evening after she goes to roost for 5 to 7 days. If you don't have these tablets give her a Tums if you have that until you get the calcium citrate. Do you have oyster shell in a bowl where she can help herself every day? Highly recommend that.

 

[Mhowell85]

Get some calcium citrate +D3 tablets at any grocery in the vitamins section and pop one in her beak every evening after she goes to roost for 5 to 7 days. If you don't have these tablets give her a Tums if you have that until you get the calcium citrate. Do you have oyster shell in a bowl where she can help herself every day? Highly recommend that.

Thank you! We don't feed them straight oyster shells, they are mixed in with the pellets we feed them.

 

[Eggcessive]

Thank you! We don't feed them straight oyster shells, they are mixed in with the pellets we feed them.

It is better to separate the oyster shell so that hens who are laying take it as they need. If it is mixed in feed, roosters or hens laying or not laying may get too much. I put a pan in the run, and a pan of grit also.