Calcium deficiency

Symptoms

Lameness.
Slow growth.
Ruffled feathers.
Drop in egg production.
Eggs have thin shells and break easily.
Splayed legs.
Paralysis.

Treatment

· Grind 20 pieces of blackboard chalk or limestone into powder. Add 1 teaspoon of salt. Add to 10 kg of dry feed. Feed for 10 days. This is enough for 10 birds. (Cambodia. 1, 2, 3, 4)

· Mix half a fistful of any of the following with the feed (this is enough for 10 adult chickens).

Oyster shell flakes Coarse or ground limestone Ground eggshells Bone meal

Fish or shrimp meal Powdered crab shells Meat and bone scraps Buttermilk

Skimmed milk Citrus pulp Sesame seed Soybean Cowpea