Black oil Sunflower Seeds, In the Shell or out? How much and how often

[d.k]

*Euery post I've seen regarding oyster shell and/or grit so far has beem with it offered in a dish or feeder of some sort. It kinda gets lost in the dirt otherwise. Oyster shell is pricey so you don't want that lost.

 

[Dawn419]

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I tried mixing BOSS in with our girls' feed and they spent more time billing out the feed to get the BOSS leaving the feed on the ground...

Dawn

 

[d.k]

*Bad birdies!!

 

[Crazy4Chicks]

I just started to feed my girls the BOSS at first they kinda walked around it not sure what it was - than all it took was one brave girl to give it a try - now they come running for it. they get a few handfuls every morning. mine dont free range either - so I guess I better get them some grit now.
I also give some of the BOSS to the ducks they dont eat them as fast as the chickens do.


Julie

 

[Dawn419]

d.k :

*Bad birdies!!

Feed wasting expletives is more like it...

...but we love 'em, regardless.

Dawn​

 

[living2ride]

Solid bottom rabbit feeders like this work really well for oyster shell and grit:
http://www.rabbitmart.com/shop/inde...3&ps_session=5f1d6712911ed1f7f218052a2d6b4b00

 

[hensdeliverthegoods]

Offering black oil sunflower seeds as a treat is how I get my girls into the coop every evening. They come 'a-runnin! I call BOSS "chicken crack"!

 

[digitS']

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Sunflower seeds w/o shells are over 50% oil, so they have a lot of calories . . .

Without shells, they'd have about twice as many calories as the hens' commercial feed, ounce for ounce.

Steve

 

[KrisRose]

I mix a bag of oilers with a bag of scratch and a bag of wildbird seed. Cuts down on the amount of corn in their treats. I have 15 standards and give them about 1/2 a coffee can in the morning. I throw it in the shavings in the coop and it keeps them busy for a couple of hours. They eat the BOSS first and then go after everything else.

 

[s6bee]

So as long as I give them grit, the shells won't cause a crop problem? I give with shells, but that is something I've worried about. Without shells is so much more expensive.