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Its truly amazing how tough and resilient our feathered friends are. I love a happy ending! 🐓❤️

Thanks everyone! She ended up recovering completely, thank God! We’re actually not sure what the problem was. She was inside for 3-4...

They need to eat way too many egg shells to get the amount of calcium a laying hen needs. oyster shells available all times 🙏🐓❤️

Massage upward i think.

Yes reproductive issues can cause slow crop or crop stasis. Your flock needs access to the oyster shell free choice all the time. You...

Ok. Right now we have pellets. So egg binding can lead to crop impaction? We haven’t done any deworming, just treated them for...

For impacted crop, please read this article...

We don’t know what’s wrong with our girl. No egg passed and her crop seems impacted now. Do chickens get lethargic with impacted crop...

Thank you! That’s good to know about the extra calcium. We do give them crushed eggshells and oyster shells regularly. She’s about the...

It’s good to offer flaked oyster shell free choice and/or their own eggshell back to them. They will take what they need. When hens have...

Thank you! We got calcium into her tonight and will see how she is in the morning.

Thank you! We do that often, but maybe not enough?

Another idea for a calcium supplement is you can give them their own egg shells. They love it.

Thank you! I’m going to get the calcium now. I’m seeing different opinions on giving as tablets vs dissolved. Any thoughts there?

Could be a soft shelled egg. Eggs can get stuck higher up the tract and cause discomfort without blocking off the poop channel. 600mg...