I have just bought some Calcivet Liquid Calcium Suppliment for my chickens. We have been having some soft shelled egg issues and I suspect a lack of calcium is the cause.
Without getting into a huge debate about how and what to feed my girls (yes, they get layers pellets, and no, they won't eat them!) I feel adding a liquid calcium to their water is the best way to go. They also refuse to eat their shell grit. Sigh.....
I have contacted the online support from the organisation I bought the suppliment from and they emailed back right away and said that they could not offer "Off-label advice" and that the product (per the label) was for "Ornamental birds".
They also said that in order to produce good quality shells, chickens need both Calcium and vitamin D. When I asked what was in the product they sold me they said that it was "Calcium and Vitamin D"....!
I wrote back and said that I was going to 'read between the lines' here and give this product to my girls, to which the only response I got back was a smiley face!
Do you think I am ok to give this in the appropriate dose, as per the label? Has anyone else ever used it?
Thanks in advance.
Krista
Without getting into a huge debate about how and what to feed my girls (yes, they get layers pellets, and no, they won't eat them!) I feel adding a liquid calcium to their water is the best way to go. They also refuse to eat their shell grit. Sigh.....
I have contacted the online support from the organisation I bought the suppliment from and they emailed back right away and said that they could not offer "Off-label advice" and that the product (per the label) was for "Ornamental birds".
They also said that in order to produce good quality shells, chickens need both Calcium and vitamin D. When I asked what was in the product they sold me they said that it was "Calcium and Vitamin D"....!
I wrote back and said that I was going to 'read between the lines' here and give this product to my girls, to which the only response I got back was a smiley face!
Do you think I am ok to give this in the appropriate dose, as per the label? Has anyone else ever used it?
Thanks in advance.
Krista