Feed Crushed Egg Shells?

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NoSpringChick

NoSpringChick

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Apr 15, 2008
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Are you able to save, wash, dry, & crush your egg shells to give to the chickens for extra calcium? I did it a few times and they seems to eat it like a treat, but I thought I would ask all you experts before continuing the practice.

Thanks
 
it is a good source of calcium, but an easier way is to buy crushed oyster shell at your feed store and give it free choice. They'll peck at it when they want it.
 
LOL, I am a composter and I have been collecting the egg shells for over three years now....it's so hard to stop doing something you've done for a long time.
 
I oven-dry and crush mine. They are in a little feeder for free-choice with less waste. My chickens have always seemed to prefer the eggshells to the oyster shell.
 
This is funny because I was just in the feed shop getting a few things for when I pick up my girls on wednesday, and I mentioned feeding shells. The woman looked at me like I had suggested cannibalism and insisted that my chickens would turn on thier eggs and I would wake up one morning to a masacre. I was buying oyster shells, and plan on offering both. Has anyone had a problem with feeding shells? As a newbie- I can take all the advise I can get!
 

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