Crushed Oyster shells

[BMO]

New to Chickens. Completed the coop, going with the Deep Litter method.mSEnt wife down to buy some DE. She came back with crushed oyster shells. She was told it works better.
Is this true? and what do I do with the shells ?

 

[Chicken Chat]

Welcome! Oyster shells are given to hens to keep the shells nice and firm. You can give it to them free choice or mix it into their feed if you have picky chickens like mine and they won't eat it free choice. If yours aren't laying yet, hold off on giving it to them until they do.

 

[SillyChicken]

Quote:
DE is for bedding and helping with worms and parasites, smells and stuff.

Oyster shell is a calcium suplement for strong egg shells and to keep the hens from becomeing deficient.

i'm new too - been doing alot of reading!

 

[KandJsmama]

I think the feed store misunderstood what she needed it for. Some threads cover DE as a dietary supplement but I have never seen oyster shells used for bedding. I think they thought you were going to feed it to the chickens for calcium.

 

[BMO]

Thanks for the responses.
I had given my wife a list of things we needed, never explained to her why we needed them.Not knowing my intentions for the DE, now I understand what happened.
Thanks.