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    Feeding a mixed-age, newly integrated flock (layers with 9 week olds!)

    Chickens can get calcium from many things they eat in addition to what they get in the feed. Some plants are fairly high in calcium. Some creepy-crawlies provide calcium, especially if they have bones or a hard shell. If your native rock is limestone they can get all the calcium they need...
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    Feeding a mixed-age, newly integrated flock (layers with 9 week olds!)

    The way I handle feeding a mixed age flock is to feed the entire flock the same low-calcium feed and offer oyster shell on the side. The ones that need the extra calcium tend to know it and eat enough oyster shell. The ones that don't need it tend to not eat enough calcium to harm themselves...
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