Is this excess calcium?

Silent_Cal

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Oct 18, 2021
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I offer my hens calcium separate from their food, which is natures best layer feed, or regular grit. Does this mean I should remove one of those sources of calcium? They've only been laying for a month and I switched foods 1 week after the first started laying.
 

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There's not really a reason to offer oyster shell on the side if you have laying feed, which has more than enough Calcium. You can do your hens a favor by switching back to grower or non medicated chick feed and offer the oyster shell on the side.
 
I don't really see anything too concerning with the eggs, so you can probably continue feeding as you're doing, or if you want to drop calcium intake a bit, switch to all flock or some other feed with around 1% calcium + the calcium on the side.
 

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