Please Help! An egg has collapsed inside my favourite hen.

[Nats Chickens]

sorry, don't have any of those. am pretty limited medical wise. first problem in over a year of owning hens. can't get any stuff either.

 

[Nats Chickens]

got it with the bum checking. there is lots of egg white, yolk, and blood. maybe a bit of shell but hard to tell.

 

[casportpony]

sorry, don't have any of those. am pretty limited medical wise. first problem in over a year of owning hens. can't get any stuff either.

Can you go to a pharmacy and get some human calcium? If not, do you have any Tums?

 

[Nats Chickens]

no, and what is 'tums'?

 

[Nats Chickens]

I am sounding pretty heartless aren't I? I am the most chicken crazy person in my family and love my birds. [just letting you know]

 

[casportpony]

no, and what is 'tums'?

It's an antacid that contains calcium carbonate.

 

[Nats Chickens]

nope, don't have that. the best I can give her is shell grit.

 

[casportpony]

I am sounding pretty heartless aren't I? I am the most chicken crazy person in my family and love my birds. [just letting you know]

Here in the US if I wanted calcium citrate I would just drive 15 minutes to the store, but I understand not everyone can do this. Ask your mom if she has any calcium pills or Tums.

 

[casportpony]

nope, don't have that. the best I can give her is shell grit.

You can't make her eat that, so it's not gonna help.

 

[Nats Chickens]

she doesn't. I am in charge of all pet medicine and I have to get allergy pills out of the medicine cupboard for me so often that I know everything that's in there.