Egg Binding
- Painted4
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So, I checked the aviaries this morning and had a dead WH Munia and Yellow star, both due to egg binding. I was wondering what everyone else does to help prevent hens getting egg bound? All my birds have access to a crushed cuttlefish/shell grit/charcoal mix at all times, obviously this is not enough.
- Painted4
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I've been trying to find cod liver oil, but cannot for the life of me find it anywhere, tried the chemist, the supermarket, don't know where else to look ahafishtales wrote:I have been mixing cod liver oil, into the seed for a few months now.
- finchbreeder
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Hospital cage for any puffed up hen. Or small cage with lamp near it and towel over half of it, should you not have a hospital cage. And maybe up the wind protection of the avairy itself.
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- fishtales
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my chemist ordered it in for me, but found another that stock it.Painted4 wrote:I've been trying to find cod liver oil, but cannot for the life of me find it anywhere, tried the chemist, the supermarket, don't know where else to look ahafishtales wrote:I have been mixing cod liver oil, into the seed for a few months now.
- Painted4
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finchbreeder wrote:Hospital cage for any puffed up hen. Or small cage with lamp near it and towel over half of it, should you not have a hospital cage. And maybe up the wind protection of the avairy itself.
LML
These particular birds looked fine yesterday, and this morning they were dead, otherwise they would have been straight in the hospital cages.
I'll have to ask if my chemist will do that.fishtales wrote:my chemist ordered it in for me, but found another that stock it.
- Finchman1
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A little liquid calcium in the water.You can try EBay for the oil
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/AAA-600-Cod- ... 824&_uhb=1
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/AAA-600-Cod- ... 824&_uhb=1