Calcium

[alexthechicken]

What can i use that will make my chickens have calcium?

 

[LaynaDon95]

Hi, and welcome to BYC!
How old are your birds? If they are laying age or near it then just laying pellets is fine. If they are laying shell less, or soft shelled eggs, then you can add ground oyster shell to their diet. (You can find it at the feed store. It's made for hens with soft shelled egg problems.)
If they are too much younger than laying age, then they don't need extra calcium. Their food should give them the nutrients they need.

 

[fried green eggs]

Hi &

. Crushed Oyster Shells given free choice will add calcium to diet. As a treat you can give yogurt & cooked eggs.

 

[Imp]

Here's some other sources of calcium in foods:


1. Spinach & Swiss Chard
2. Salmon & Sardines (canned with bones)
3. Mustard, Collard, Kale & Turnip greens
4. Shellfish
5. Blackstrap molasses (can cause runny stools)
6. Corn Tortillas
7. Yogurt
8. Mozzarella & Cheddar cheese
9. Milk, Buttermilk (goat's milk and cow's milk)
10. Basil, thyme, dill seed, cinnamon, and peppermint leaves
11. Romaine lettuce
12. Rhubarb
13. Almonds, Peanuts & Brazil Nuts

14. Black Beans, Dried Beans (Cooked)
15. Sesame seeds
16. Fennel
17. Cabbage, Bok Choy, & Chinese cabbage
18. Summer squash
19. Green beans
20. Garlic
21. Tofu & Soybeans
22. Brussel sprouts & Broccoli
23. Oranges (Some people do not feed citrus to chickens)
24. Asparagus & Okra
25. Crimini mushrooms
26. Foods Fortified with Calcium: Some Orange Juice, Breads, & Cereals

 

[NC ChickenKate]

Scramble some eggs with the shels broken up included.

 

[growyourbrew]

I just feed them their cooked crushed egg shells