does anyone feed egg shells instead of oyster shells?

[chickenman17]

am I the only one?

 

[SallyF]

I do both. Eggshells when I have a lot and oyster shell when I don't.

 

[FuzzyButtsFarm]

I have always used ground egg shells. It seems to be better metabolized that oyster shells and its free free free.

 

[LiLRedCV]

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Ditto!

 

[Fred's Hens]

No, you are not the only one.

 

[welasharon]

Mine won't touch the oyster shell. It's dumped out in a heap in the run....looks kinda sad. They love the shells though.

 

[chickenman17]

Thanks for the responses everyone! After reading a lot of the posts on here it just seemed like everyone was using oyster shell instead of the traditional egg shells.I guess I was wrong! I have one more question though. On the bag of standard laying pellets that I bought, it says not to feed oyster shells while the chickens are on the pellets. Obviously since I use egg shells instead does that mean I shouldn't feed the shells? Thanks

 

[Fred's Hens]

Actually, the one time I saw that, I believe it said to offer shells. I ignored it. Back feeding eggs shells is plenty supplemental calcium for our flock. For any extra boost, a handful of calcium carbonate mixed into the feed. We have bags of it for the farm anyhow. $4 for 40# bag. Cheap.

 

[Stephanie739]

I give mine the eggshells. Well, I throw them in the yard for the anyway. A friend of mine told me when he was growing up they had a ton of chickens and always did that...so I do too. They like them.

 

[sherylreno]

I keep both in the run as free choice. They eat both too.