Cant give oyster shells

[deChickyHen]

I am Jewish and for religious reasons I can not eat shell fish... we live totally kosher.. in my religion shell fish are an unclean food... but everyone is telling me that the chicks will need the shells for good eggs.... I am wondering is there anything else that can be given instead of the shells ?

 

[KandiandJerry]

Chicks or Chickens? How old are they...

 

[AccentOnHakes]

Egg shells. After you use the eggs, save the egg shells. Zap them in the microwave or in the oven after you've baked(using the leftover heat) and then crush them. Also, you can give them high-calcium foods to help with that, such as yogurt and kale.

 

[<3 N.C Chicken Chick <3]

Mike and powdered egg shells work also yogurt ect

 

[deChickyHen]

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I am thinking about sand.... i would just hate for them to use it as a litter box tho.... lol

 

[deChickyHen]

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9 weeks

 

[dainerra]

egg shells, spinach, anything that is a calcium rich food. Mine have never had oyster shell, I just give them back the egg shells

 

[deChickyHen]

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Thanks, will diff try this and see how this goes

 

[deChickyHen]

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ok this sounds great.... I was wondering because someone told me if you give them the egg shells that they will start eating the eggs ...

have you had any trouble with this

 

[LiLRedCV]

I feed back egg shells and even boiled eggs to our gals and don't have egg eaters.