feeding store bought chicken egg shells to quail

[therandomhatcher]

Can I feed chicken eggshells to quail? They will be from the store since other than quail which are inconsistently laying, have no other fully mature birds. Is this okay. if so, how will I do it. can I just crack them and give them the whole shell right away, or special treatment. Any info is helpful

 

[Ravenlover]

Can I feed chicken eggshells to quail? They will be from the store since other than quail which are inconsistently laying, have no other fully mature birds. Is this okay. if so, how will I do it. can I just crack them and give them the whole shell right away, or special treatment. Any info is helpful

Yes you can feed crushed chicken egg shell to quail for calcium, crack them then rinse and dry then crush, or crack set on tray back till dry then crush

 

[therandomhatcher]

could i just crack an egg in the morning to eat, and give the quail the shell with just a bit of rinsing?

 

[FloorCandy]

Can I feed chicken eggshells to quail? They will be from the store since other than quail which are inconsistently laying, have no other fully mature birds. Is this okay. if so, how will I do it. can I just crack them and give them the whole shell right away, or special treatment. Any info is helpful

I put my eggshells in a bowl and I set them on my toaster oven. After a few days of being warmed and dried up there, I put them in a ziplock bag and roll them with a rolling pin to crush.

 

[Ravenlover]

could i just crack an egg in the morning to eat, and give the quail the shell with just a bit of rinsing?

Pretty much but it doesn't mean it will like it whole check and see if they eat it whole they have the ability to crack and eat it but this might teach them to crack there own

 

[FloorCandy]

could i just crack an egg in the morning to eat, and give the quail the shell with just a bit of rinsing?

They don’t crumble well until dried out. You can heat them at low heat to dry them.

 

[Nabiki]

As others have said, you want to dry them thoroughly and crush them.

 

[CovidtimeQuail]

Boiling the shells make them more brittle when they dry. I usually save a bunch in the freezer and when there's enough, rinse the shells and boil. After taking them out, I blend them to a powder and let them dry.

 

[Ravenlover]

I just lazily crack rinse bake crush toss in baggy