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Mine will not eat the white pellet oyster shell... won’t touch it. BUT I found an oyster shell that actually LOOKS like crushed oyster shells... gray, not white, and shell-like (not pebble-like). They eat this stuff up...

ANOTHER UPDATE: Carolina was seemingly 'healed' after a round of cinnamon/ginger/lemon/baking soda concoction, hand watering to make sure she had enough liquid, and multi-daily crop massage. After we started the FF she improved drastically.,, to the point that she went from the biggest homebody...

Perfect! Covering today.

Lid on, huh? I thought it needed the air to truly ferment... if not, I'm all over the lid thing!

I do leave some in the bottom of the container but I don't use warm water (just room-temperature). Does that help the smell? or just the non-freezing? I'm thinking about a cabinet in the basement maybe for when I have to move it in. We have a small house so when we enter you can definitely...

I just started feeding fermented feed this week. They do love it! I'm hoping for lots of benefits - as everyone has attested. I just HATE the smell... I'm keeping it outside in the feed bin right now, but it's getting colder (finally!) and I'm not sure where I'm going to move it when that happens.

UPDATE: She's laying less and less now. We had a couple of days in a row with thin (but broken) shells, laid from the roost - but now nothing for almost a week. She gets in the nesting box with the others - even on her own - and ACTS like she's getting ready to lay but never does. Other than...

I could only find capsules, so I split that up as best I could and mixed it into some cottage cheese. I like the idea of sardines!

Thanks for the thread! I am going to try it - I'm okay with her getting older and not laying anymore... she's just such a joy to have around the place! But I sure would love an egg I can eat every now and again. Plus, I'm not convinced that laying like she does is good for her. Stopping by...

I read recently that eating (humans) greens with something high in vitamin C (strawberries, citrus, tomatoes) helps the body absorb the calcium that is not available with the oxalates are too high. Now, if I give spinach, I always make sure it's with either strawberry tops or tomatoes...

lynnehd, she's doing better on a health note, thanks for asking. But she's not laying normally. I've slowly backed her off the calcium glutomate and she's now on none, but she lays only about every 5 days or so and always a shell-less egg. Since she was a retired organic layer (red sex link)...

Great thread - thanks. I, too, have a soft shell / shell-less layer. My girls went through a respiratory infection last month which I believe was IB. I know that IB can cause problems in the reproductive tract so I believe that this will pass as her body recovers. (None of the others, all...