Grit???

[DuckLover179]

I have tons of dirt in my backyard, so I could just put some in a small bucket for them. But if I crumbled egg shells and baked them in the oven, then let them cool, would that work as grit??? Or should I just use sand???

Thanks!

 

[Muscovies]

I think the sand would work and also the egg shells but you don't have to bake them just the egg shells in a feed trough.

Hope this helps

 

[DuckLover179]

When serving grit, would you put in in a separate container, of mix it in with the pellets???

Thanks

 

[DuckLover179]

Thanks so much!

 

[PrinceSandwich]

I didn't think you needed to give grit for pellets, only grains.

 

[katharinad]

They need grit when they can't get to dirt, like right now with snow covering it. I have 3 bowls in the duck house. A large one for the food, and two small ones with one for oyster shell and one for grit. Grit can be coarse sand or crushed granite. My feed store sells some generic granite grit in 5 bound bags really cheap. Don't forget to check your hardware store in the concrete section. They may have it too. They usually sell it in 20 pound bags and call it coarse sand or crushed stone. Pellets do not contain grit.