Please advise, hen sick and not getting better!!

[azygous]

Are you giving her the calcium supplement I suggested? If not, that is what she needs. Do it. If you have been giving the supplement each day, continue with it. It can require several days or several weeks of this daily supplement to correct her laying difficulties.

It's not a given that this hen has the same issues as the hen who died. At any rate, that hen is in the past, this hen is to be dealt with now. Calcium is what she needs.

It's possible that two eggs per cycle are causing the problem. Another soft egg could be in the works. Calcium will help supply the shell gland so that it reduces the risk of sudden death syndrome from blood calcium being drained to supply the shell and causing a heart attack. The supplement will both supply calcium and regulate the cycle.

 

[Djgm]

Are you giving her the calcium supplement I suggested? If not, that is what she needs. Do it. If you have been giving the supplement each day, continue with it. It can require several days or several weeks of this daily supplement to correct her laying difficulties.

It's not a given that this hen has the same issues as the hen who died. At any rate, that hen is in the past, this hen is to be dealt with now. Calcium is what she needs.

It's possible that two eggs per cycle are causing the problem. Another soft egg could be in the works. Calcium will help supply the shell gland so that it reduces the risk of sudden death syndrome from blood calcium being drained to supply the shell and causing a heart attack. The supplement will both supply calcium and regulate the cycle.

Yes, did that first thing! Have her isolated in ICU, I know usually they're supposed to be kept in a darkened room, but I know they need light to properly lay, so should I be doing that as well?

 

[Idaho Chicken Bungalow]

What is the update?

 

[Djgm]

What is the update?

Happy to report Jasmin is back to her normal self <3 thanks for asking!

 

[Riverbend Farms]

What you said about putting ice in their water, be careful because it can freeze their intestinal track

 

[Djgm]

What you said about putting ice in their water, be careful because it can freeze their intestinal track

Thanks! Never thought of that, but I don't put tons in, just enough to keep the water cool when it's super hot out

 

[Riverbend Farms]

Ohh, Ok! As long as its not like 90, because that would definetley freeze it. We tend to feed ours watermelon and I often rinse them off.

 

[Idaho Chicken Bungalow]

I had no idea about the ice. My chooks are going to have another 100 degree day. Can I add a frozen Ice bottle to one water bowl? Or will this hurt them?

 

[Riverbend Farms]

I learned this from my 4-H instructor (who is very knowledgable about chickens) that instead of the ice in the water, you put frozen water bottles in their coop so that they can sit on or by them and cool down.

 

[Idaho Chicken Bungalow]

So glad I saw this, I was going to put the water bottle in one of the waterers today. O gave them frozen blueberries yesterday; will that cause the same problem?