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Insoluble grit is for digestion. In the US it's generally granite. If you have naturally rocky soil that the chickens can access, they should be able to provide themselves with enough grit to get by. Some of us don't have that (or don't have particles of the right size/hardness) so we need to...

Shell grit is not appropriate for chicks due to calcium, but I don't know if that contributed to their deaths, like if there was something on the shell that didn't wash off. Female chicks should have about 1% calcium in their diet until they begin to lay. More importantly, they should still be...