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Is it ok to give crushed egg shells as the only option for grit? I recently came home from vacation and found one of my hens has sour crop
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I also think that I've read something about egg/oyster shells dissolving quickly, and grit staying somewhere for longer? I may be wrong, though.
I don't know if granite actually dissolves but it may just eventually grind itself down enough to pass through the gizzard.
Ok! That's what I thought,, but I didn't want to spread misinformation.For grit, granite doesn't dissolve as quickly as oyster shells and stays in the gizzard longer to grind up things. I don't know if granite actually dissolves but it may just eventually grind itself down enough to pass through the gizzard.