Chickens 101

[BunnyLover44]

You should give her some crushed oyster shells too.

Thanks for all the feedback, Where do you get oyster shells? At walmart or something?

 

[Shabana]

They should be available at your feed store and you can also crush their own eggs and feed them back to them too, mine seem to prefer their own.
I wash them then either use a hot oven or a blast in the microwave to kill any germs and done !

 

[BunnyLover44]

One more thing, right now they just began to lay is it OK to give them eggs shells from the store or do you have to give them their own egg shells that they layed?

 

[loversday002]

chickens are just amazing i love reading what everyone has to say xD

 

[Shabana]

You can start by putting oyster shell in a free choice bowl for them, then as they lay use their own to help refill it

 

[Fentress]

For a first timer, read all you can, learn all you can and always knock yourself out to provide for your chickens. That said, don't get so hung up on the so called rules that you feel like you have to do something, when in your particular situation it may not make clear sense. Always pay attention to what is going on and listen to what your chickens are saying, especially the chicks. They will tell you when something is wrong, otherwise when in doubt, leave them alone. Lots of room, lots of fresh air, food and clean water and they can take care of the rest.

 

[Jipus5]

ANOTHER LITTLE HINT: When you have too many eggs in your fridge, you CAN crack one in each of your muffin tins....freeze them, and store in a freezer bag. I have 74 eggs at this moment in a freezer bag, just little balls of frozen lovliness! Helps storing them for future baking/scrambling! Not suitable for a good fried egg anymore, but i get 7 a day at least so fresh=fried, frozen=baking!