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Make a paste by adding a little water to the calcium carbonate. Make some small cubes of bread about one quarter of an inch square and soak the pieces of bread in the paste and offer it to the hen.

I would give her an extra gram of calcium carbonate daily for a week. See if that makes any difference. Laying hens can tolerate quite high levels of calcium. What they don't use to make an egg they can store in Medullary bones in their body which they can draw on when supplied or foraged...

Is she eating her normal amount of layers pellets? What is the percentage of calcium in the pellets? If not, what is she eating?

What you need to decide is whether you are looking for a long term solution for a hen that isn't getting enough calcium from her diet for whatever reason, or she needs a short term boost to address a temporary problem. Calcium citrate is the better option for a short term problem, but for a hen...

I think the dosage you've used is what gets recommended for an egg bound hen.

I wouldn't give it for more than a couple of days. It's not a long term solution for lack of calcium. 630mg isn't an adequate dose in my opinion given layers pellets are likely to provide 4 to 5 grams of calcium daily for a hen that is eating properly. One eggshell requires about 380 mg of...