I had read on here that some people cook egg shells before giving them to their chickens. Is it necessary? What are the consequences? Thanks in advance
Giving egg shells
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I used to bake them, now I just dry them out and crush them up.
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Thanks, I have been just crushing them up and giving them to the chickens. I never thought twice about it until I read that somebody baked them and another nuked them.
that was me that said I nuked them and that was only to dry them up.
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I zap them in the micro as well to eliminate any microbes (thought that was kind of poetic)--- put them in with water to boil. They break up more easily, and all the whites are solid so the crushing is neater. It is purely optional.
I zap them in the micro as well to eliminate any microbes (thought that was kind of poetic)--- put them in with water to boil. They break up more easily, and all the whites are solid so the crushing is neater. It is purely optional.
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Great, Thanks for the input
Dry them if you want to, but they air dry just fine in a few days anyhow. As for fear of bacteria, etc, anyone who actually has chickens knows that the chicken's world is filled with bacteria, that they eat worms, bugs, mice, dig through cow pies for maggots and most anything else. Just sayin'. So, whatever might be on that dried shell is probably the least of anyone's worries.
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