oyster shells

I have one of the flock party feeders from TSC, can I mix my grit and oyster shells together and put them in it to feed my flock? Or would it be better to get the rabbit bin feeders and hang from my fence?

Today I came across my first shell-less egg. I make sure to have oyster shell in the run but they seem to never eat it. How do I get them to eat it? Maybe I should tell them no treats until they finish their oyster shell...

Can I put the grit and oyster shell together or do they need to be separate ? I glanced through the other posts but sorry if this is a repeat question

I'm going to ask a series of questions in this post having to do with the first bunch of weeks of raising chicks. These questions come up due to conflicting information from a variety of sources of my research and talking with the "Chicken Expert" at Tractor Supply (aka TSCE) . As I stated in...

When feeding purchased crashed oyster shell free choice, the egg shell thickness is "normal", may be tiny bit thicker than that of supermarket bought eggs. Our chickens are no big fans of oyster shells. However they go crazy about own baked & crashed egg shells or local crashed clam shells when...

We have been feeding our hens eggshells we have saved for years from store purchased eggs (and later their own), but eventually have run out and had to buy crushed oyster shells. However it appears they don't like them very much. They used to gobble baked and hand crushed egg shells like...

Hello! Our chicks are ready to move to the coop and my husband is currently finishing everything up. I have multiple questions and have already found good information from previous posters but I wanted to see if there were any recent opinions that could be helpful. If anyone has input on ANY of...

Question: Can you get Organic Oyster Shells? If so, where? I try to sell chicken eggs and people seem to like that I organically feed my chickens. Whether it is a fad or not. Any advice? Recommended brands?

I’ve been feeding a 19% broiler pellet with oyster shells on the side to my mixed flock because I want to avoid excessive calcium in my breeding Boys diets and it’s the closest thing I can get to an all flock feed. I Have broilers arriving Sunday as well. My pullets have been laying for about a...

Is marble powder a good source of calcium?

Hi Everyone, I'm new to this site. We bought 6 chickens 3 months ago who were already laying and are about 2-3 years old. I think.. I free range them in our fenced in back yard, they have about an acre to roam on with plenty of shrubs, bushes and trees to forage through. I feed them oyster...

I have 5 hens that used to lay regularly but their production appears to have dropped recently (from 4-5 a day to 2-3 a day). I was expecting the opposite as the days get longer and the weather gets warmer. They are not old hens. I provide free choice oyster shells to them but they don't seem to...