Crumble or pellet?

[Duckduckchicken32]

That's not true. Maybe you meant to say scratch? Like others have already explained, pellets and crumble are the same thing, only difference is that one is crushed finer. They are both a uniform blend where you can't easily discern the different components, and the chickens eat the whole thing without picking and choosing between discernible components.

I read that in a chicken book. Thanks for telling me!!!!

 

[K0k0shka]

What is your soil like? I have a lot of limerock I think the same as limestone just what we call it around here. The oyster shell goes mostly untouched, but still have a soft egg from time to time.

Chickens don't really like oyster shell and many refuse to eat it even if they need calcium. It's just unnatural to them. Where would a chicken ever encounter an oyster in nature? I don't free range my chickens and can't rely on whatever soil is in their run for either their calcium or their grit needs, so I provide both.

 

[rosemarythyme]

Where would a chicken ever encounter an oyster in nature?

They wouldn't. However they will eat snail shells for calcium, for example, which is still a mollusk shell.

 

[K0k0shka]

They wouldn't. However they will eat snail shells for calcium, for example, which is still a mollusk shell.

Snails are part of their natural diet though. They encounter and eat land snails while foraging, and have an instinct to seek them out and eat them.