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I understand. As I mentioned, there is a HUGE distrust of actual medically trained people, we tend to use confusing terms and expensive treatments, and some folks can't afford to take their beloved animals to a vet. I applaud anyone who loves their birds and tries to help them. I will...

Thank you for clarifying that the thread is about "emergency" use of calcium use and not "routine" use. I fear that the huge "gray area" between treating one's own animals for serious illness/disease and seeking vet help can be confusing. If one has evidenced-based information and verified dose...

Don't use calcium citrate for routine supplementation. It's only roughly 24% available calcium It has a poor bioavailability of digestible calcium compared to carbonate. Crushed oyster shells, egg shells, or mined calcium carbonate such as that used in human supplements contains much more usable...

Yes, I certainly don't want to cause any arguments...Whatever a person gives their chickens, pets, kids, or themselves is ultimately up to them. My suggestion is for everyone to do the research, look at proven benefits, proven risks, reliability of the company, etc., and make their own minds up...

Thank you azygous for your added info. Yes, as long as hens get out of the coop, the daylight hours are long enough, they can produce Vitamin D. Calcium indeed is "Generally safe" as long as not given in too high amounts/for too long. It can do kidney damage in humans and poultry. Anything...

Let me step in here as a human healthcare worker...surprisingly, animals' and humans' bodies perform in nearly the same manner MOST of the time. Firstly, Your comments on supplements: Dietary calcium supplements are SUPPLEMENTS. One thing people don't understand is that while drugs are highly...