What kind of Tums are safe for hens?

[Ccort]

I have peppermint flavored and fruit I read peppermint could be toxic but seems to be the standard Tums flavor. Vet said to get "original" or "plain" but I haven't seen that at Kroger or Walgreens.

 

[Eggcessive]

I would just use some calcium citrate with vitamin d tablets from walmart. 300 mg is a good dose. Here is a good price:
https://www.walmart.com/ip/Equate-C...BR7VLB7eKmriMRb18N1U5B80vFJiY1ahoC34wQAvD_BwE
Calcium is used to treat egg binding or soft shell eggs. Tums can be used until you get to the store to buy calcium, so one time use of the peppermint flavored probably won’t harm.

 

[Ccort]

I would just use some calcium citrate with vitamin d tablets from walmart. 300 mg is a good dose. Here is a good price:
https://www.walmart.com/ip/Equate-C...BR7VLB7eKmriMRb18N1U5B80vFJiY1ahoC34wQAvD_BwE
Calcium is used to treat egg binding or soft shell eggs. Tums can be used until you get to the store to buy calcium, so one time use of the peppermint flavored probably won’t harm.

I'm already giving that as well but was advised to give Tums as well because it's more of an immediate effect.

 

[Eggcessive]

Nope, calcium citrate is more quickly absorbed. Tums is calcium carbonate, and okay to use but it is more slowly absorbed, and also doesn’t have the vitamin d which also helps.

 

[Debbie292d]

I'm already giving that as well but was advised to give Tums as well because it's more of an immediate effect.

We never want to go against a vet, as we aren't vets, but some vets don't deal with chickens. We've already been through this about the calcium and Tums vs. Calcium Citrate +D, when she told you to just give Tums.

When a hen is egg-bound, sometimes they can die from it and quickly, so if someone's advised to give calcium citrate +D asap, and all they have on hand is Tums, that will work until they can get to the store.

Please listen to what @Eggcessive and others in this forum have been trying to help you with. Neither she nor we would steer you wrong. What she's telling you works.

 

[BigBlueHen53]

True that. The Educators here are chicken experts. Most vets are not.

 

[Ccort]

We never want to go against a vet, as we aren't vets, but some vets don't deal with chickens. We've already been through this about the calcium and Tums vs. Calcium Citrate +D, when she told you to just give Tums.

When a hen is egg-bound, sometimes they can die from it and quickly, so if someone's advised to give calcium citrate +D asap, and all they have on hand is Tums, that will work until they can get to the store.

Please listen to what @Eggcessive and others in this forum have been trying to help you with. Neither she nor we would steer you wrong. What she's telling you works.

My goodness. Ok. Im struggling to understand how an avian vet could be so wrong. And feeling I screwed up horribly because the hen who died went to her. I have so much guilt.

Nope, calcium citrate is more quickly absorbed. Tums is calcium carbonate, and okay to use but it is more slowly absorbed, and also doesn’t have the vitamin d which also helps.

Thank you all for all your help, every one of you

 

[Debbie292d]

My goodness. Ok. Im struggling to understand how an avian vet could be so wrong. And feeling I screwed up horribly because the hen who died went to her. I have so much guilt.

Thank you all for all your help, every one of you

This isn't your fault. An avian vet doesn't mean they know chickens. My macaw parrots have an avian vet an hour away, and she will not see my chickens. The local vet is a horse vet who treats all farm animals, including chickens.

Regardless, as I stated, we still would rather not go against a vet, but the Calcium Citrate +D3 IS exactly what an egg-bound chicken needs, and Tums is just a temporary fix until a person can get some. Has anyone ever just used Tums and saved their chicken? Probably! But I want what's best for my chickens and would get the best thing for whatever situation that I could.

 

[Ccort]

This isn't your fault. An avian vet doesn't mean they know chickens. My macaw parrots have an avian vet an hour away, and she will not see my chickens. The local vet is a horse vet who treats all farm animals, including chickens.

Regardless, as I stated, we still would rather not go against a vet, but the Calcium Citrate +D3 IS exactly what an egg-bound chicken needs, and Tums is just a temporary fix until a person can get some. Has anyone ever just used Tums and saved their chicken? Probably! But I want what's best for my chickens and would get the best thing for whatever situation that I could.

Thank you. I'm stopping the Tums. No improvement so far for my little girl. And the crop will NOT go down. Been 6 days just with that

 

[BigBlueHen53]

My goodness. Ok. Im struggling to understand how an avian vet could be so wrong. And feeling I screwed up horribly because the hen who died went to her. I have so much guilt.

Thank you all for all your help, every one of you

No one should ever feel guilty for doing the best they could in any situation, with the best knowledge and information they had at the time. IMO.