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post #1 of 49
11/8/11 at 6:49pm
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Could someone tell me the proper way to clean and prepare eggshells to feed back to the hens.

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post #2 of 49
11/8/11 at 6:52pm

I let them air dry then smash them up and feed them. Some people bake them first....I'm too lazy. The chickens don't care either way.

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post #3 of 49
11/8/11 at 6:54pm
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do you wash them out and remove the membrane?

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post #4 of 49
11/8/11 at 6:54pm

I am not sure if this is the right way, but

I put the egg shells on a cookie pan, and put them in the oven for a few minutes. just so they become brittle.
then I crush them up and mix with the chicken feed

I wash the out side of the shell, but leave every thing else.

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Deuteronomy 32:11
He is like an eagle that stirs up its nest. It hovers over it little ones. It spreads out it wings to catch them on its feathers.

 

 

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post #5 of 49
11/8/11 at 6:56pm
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thank you. Do you bake them to remove bacteria?

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post #6 of 49
11/8/11 at 6:57pm

Don't wash them either....chickens eat way worse stuff from the ground.

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post #7 of 49
11/8/11 at 6:57pm

I don't clean them, I just put them in the oven for a wee while when I'm cooking something else and then crush them up and give them to the chooks.

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post #8 of 49
11/8/11 at 6:59pm
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Thanks for the info

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post #9 of 49
11/8/11 at 6:59pm

actually I zap them in the microwave for a couple minutes and then pulverize them in the blender - makes it easy to get them to a mixable size.  big_smile

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post #10 of 49
11/8/11 at 7:03pm
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actually I zap them in the microwave for a couple minutes and then pulverize them in the blender - makes it easy to get them to a mixable size.  big_smile


OOOo that's a great idea. big_smile

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