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Unfortunately, the luxury of a vet who will treat chickens is not available widely here in the US. An avian vet is even rarer. Expense is also a large consideration for many, many people. Just walking in the door will set a person back $200 or more. But we always encourage people to utilize a...

This is correct and helpful information. We all agree that calcium carbonate is the ideal form of calcium for daily intake to supplement feed. Oyster shell is the form of calcium carbonate we all recommend here, and we do urge folks to discard their old powdery stuff for fresh because larger...

Thanks for that info. I suspected this misleading labeling is an American thing. It's calcium carbonate that is usually in antacids. It reacts with acid to neutralize it. Calcium citrate is not the same substance, being derived from the production of citric acid as a by-product. Even though...

A lot of people here believe in Colloidal silver. I started out trying to tell them it has no proven benefits, and could be dangerous for their chickens since it's not been studied and approved. It's hard to change minds that are made up. Not long ago, a BYC friend accidentally caused her...

Thanks for that good info @Possum-Pie. Over my life time, it seems every ten years there's a big push to get supplements regulated and lobbyists stage a huge public relations push back. Every ten years, they come out of it still unregulated. My sister's mother-in-law died as a direct result of...

You haven't heard about Boebert's night out at the performance of "Beetlejuice"? Oh, that has her restaurant beat as far as putting her onto the list....of something.

They all have 800 numbers and even have live people to answer the phone, but I'd get as far and fast with that "couldn't care less" person as I would calling my "couldn't care less congressional district representative. (Who happens to be the famous Lauren Boebert)

Just a while ago here on this forum we were discussing how much calcium to give a hen, and some of us were astonished to discover that we were reading the label on the bottle of calcium wrong. Up until now, I, and also quite a few other people, have assumed that when the label on the front of...