Calcium for Chickens

[jennymay]

I have one chicken that is laying shelless eggs (2 in the last 2 days) and I understand that I need to give her oyster shell for calcium. How much do I give her and will it be okay for the other chicken to eat it too, even though her eggs are normal. Any other info I might need to know would be greatly appreciated. The chicken that is laying the shelless eggs hasn't laid a normal egg in weeks. She had previously been laying just about one a day.

 

[Kittymomma]

I just put it out free choice. The ones that need it eat it and the others ignore it.

 

[flockof4]

Offer it free choice. Keep some in a little dish 24/7. If they need it they'll eat it. If they don't need it and they eat some, it won't hurt them.

 

[phoenixmama]

Yeah, offer free choice oyster shell. Lucky for me...water in the desert is extremely hard. With all the calcium in the water...I've never offered oyster shell, and I don't need to.