lime

[newmusher]

Hey has anyone heard of putting lime in the chickens' drinking water? someone told me that it has to do with the chickens pecking at each other?????

 

[azygous]

Nope. Never heard of it. It sounds like some half-baked, stupid thing someone heard and wasn't completely listening. Stuff like this gets passed around and gullible people end up doing things that aren't in the best interest of their flocks.

 

[chfite]

Is this fresh lime or can it be concentrated juice? I always thought that chickens did not like citrus.

Chris

 

[newmusher]

Hi. from what I understand its the kind you put in gardens and stuff. apparently it strengthens the egg shells if they are weak

 

[Mskayladog]

You want a barn lime, but I don't put it in the water I throw some on the floor now and then. To help with shells get some calicum crushed oyster shell and let them to chose to eat it. I also feed back their egg shells to them.

 

[newmusher]

ok, and a friend of mine who's family had a farm for most of his life said they put it in the water. I will do some more research on it before I attempt that. I do periodically feed the egg shells back to them but their shells are pretty strong. mostly I feed the shells to my sled dogs.