I really do not offer them oyster shells till they start to lay egg's
as it is really to help make the shell's hard .....
Would like to see a photo of your brooder when you are finished ....
The News Paper was to reflect the light otherwise the photos come out dark....
This brooder is like one you might find in a feed store and it is stackable
and comes complete with heater screen floor and tin for sides and top .....
My Brooder
I bought this before I retired and it gets used a lot and right
now it is being cleaned out for next week's hatch but I have
had this sense 1997 and had mor then a thousand birds go
through it chickens ducks geese doves quail chucker's
and other's