Patridge bantam chicken poorly foot?

[vegpatch58]

Sadly I've had to have my gingernut put to sleep becasue she became eggbound(it was really sad)

 

I've two black ones left who seem very healthy, and they mostly free-range becasue if they don't they stand on top of their eglu looking wistfully into the garden for so long that I feel bad about depriving them of the joys of the garden and let them out...

 

so I don't know which hen is laying which egg or if both are at times..they are both just over two and their egg production has decreased considerably from a reliable two eggs a day (or three when my gingernut was here) to the odd one now and then.... BUT these can sometimes be soft shelled and/or are HUGE and very watery.

 

I've read some threads which seem to suggest that it might be the weather, and neither hen looks ill or distressed in any way. I've added some grit to their feed and will follow the advice not let them out to free-range til late in the day but was wondering if I need to be panicking about infectious bronchitis ... having just forked out £26 to have the last one put to sleep I'm a bit reluctant to visit the vets! (but of course would do if people think it adviseable).

 

Thanks

[Egluntyne]

Why not try them with some limestone flour. It is a very easily absorbed form of calcium. A dollop of codliver oil added to their pellets will give them the Vit D needed to make proper use of it.

 

Or you could try Zolcal D or Davinova C, which are liquid calcium supplements.

 

Sorry to hear about your gingernut ranger.