One of my chickens is laying 2 eggs a day

[ChickNanny13]

600mg Calcium + D3 not sure if 800mg is "too much"

 

[alinas2010]

600mg Calcium + D3 not sure if 800mg is "too much"

Thank you. I crushed up 2 of them and mixed with and egg. Ravioli ate most and the other girls have some; I figured it’d even out to about what she needed. Now that i know the correct amount, hopefully it helps if I continue to give her a bit each day.

 

[alinas2010]

I know I probably just need to accept the fact that she is coming into reproductive problems…but these are what all of her eggs look like the past week or so. Blotchy and brittle.

 

[ChickNanny13]

Keep up with the calcium hoping one doesn't break in her.
https://vcahospitals.com/know-your-pet/egg-yolk-peritonitis-in-backyard-chickens

 

[alinas2010]

Keep up with the calcium hoping one doesn't break in her.
https://vcahospitals.com/know-your-pet/egg-yolk-peritonitis-in-backyard-chickens

Thank you, appreciate the resource

 

[casportpony]

Do i give my girl Ravioli 1 or 2 400 mg tablets of calcium plus D3 a day for her 2 brittle eggs a day that she’s been laying?

I would give 1 once a day for a few days to see if that helps.

 

[alinas2010]

I would give 1 once a day for a few days to see if that helps.

Thank you, I will definitely do that. Appreciate the guidance. It’s never fun to navigate these issues alone.

 

[alinas2010]

How long is it okay to give calcium for? I’ve been giving about 600mg a day, usually crushed up in some egg yolk. She’s still laying 2 eggs a day, one brittle, but normal-er one and one squishy soft shelled one.

I think she was having a hard time laying yesterday. She seemed to want to be alone in a corner and sleep, sometimes like a flamingo, but was fine when I finally got some calcium plus D3 in her and she laid an egg. Super soft shelled, it was the second egg of the day.

Anyways, is the calcium plus D3 okay to give to her long term?

 

[Chipmunk Chicks]

She's not a RIR. I think it may also just take time as her system starts to process the supplementation you are giving her, and hopefully smooth out and become a bit more optimized. I have a hen who has always laid an egg with a bit of a chalky bloom, makes it look pinkish, and I think it's fine. All in the range of normal. So you may see, one the double eggs and the soft eggs and all that part hopefully regulates, I would be less concerned about what the shell looks like from day to day, and just that it is one solid egg per day. GL!

 

[Sussex19]

How long is it okay to give calcium for? I’ve been giving about 600mg a day, usually crushed up in some egg yolk. She’s still laying 2 eggs a day, one brittle, but normal-er one and one squishy soft shelled one.

I think as long as she is having problems, unless the eggs start getting lots of calcium deposits on them.
How long have you been give it to her now?