Recent content by rockymom

Like another reader, I haven't laughed this hard in months! It's both hugely funny and real...can't thank you enough for sharing this with us all!

Wow! Thanks so much for that suggestion....I'll look for that brand. That stuff is literally hard as rock.

Thanks for your reply...I'm feeding 1/2 Purina crumbles and 1/2 Scratch and Peck - both organic. The girls are 1 1/2 years old and are Blue Gem/Blue Sapphire. I have had a couple of instances of soft shell, so I'm trying to avoid that. I know that the feed should be providing all the calcium...

I know everyone says to offer oyster shells to your chickens to make sure they get enough calcium (and avoid soft-shell eggs), but my hens will not touch it. I think it might be because the pieces are too big, so I tried to crush them, but they are pretty indestructible, so that's not working...

I have tried putting out oyster shells for my girls and they do not touch them. I have resorted to baking and crushing their old shells and feeding them back. Any suggestions about the oyster shell? I tried to break them down because they seem kind of big pieces, but they are really too hard...

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