MJ's little flock

[RoyalChick]

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She has her best bonnet on!

 

[BY Bob]

She has her best bonnet on!

She never went anywhere without one!

 

[Aussie-Chookmum]

The mites or the chickens!

Both I expect!

 

[Scrambles83]

Heya guys,
Just having thoughts about grit.
I have fine shell grit here for whenever the pullets start laying, ready to put in a bowl on the side.
They free range and from what I have seen they get small stones from the garden and path. BUT if I was to offer digestive grit on the side also to make sure they are getting enough, what would I get?
I know shell grit is different to what is needed for digestive grit and wondered what others here use, if anything?
Hope this makes sense!

 

[Aussie-Chookmum]

Heya guys,
Just having thoughts about grit.
I have fine shell grit here for whenever the pullets start laying, ready to put in a bowl on the side.
They free range and from what I have seen they get small stones from the garden and path. BUT if I was to offer digestive grit on the side also to make sure they are getting enough, what would I get?
I know shell grit is different to what is needed for digestive grit and wondered what others here use, if anything?
Hope this makes sense!

I have something called "Calcium grit" which I get from Petbarn along with crushed egg shells and sea shells, but my girls also have access to the garden to pick what they want.

I did notice that they were picking through the coarse sand I was using to bed my pavers in.

 

[rjohns39]

Good evening folks

Digestive grit is typically granite or quarts. Sometimes limestone, but that is really too soft.

 

[Grammy60]

Good evening MJ and everyone

 

[Shadrach]

Heya guys,
Just having thoughts about grit.
I have fine shell grit here for whenever the pullets start laying, ready to put in a bowl on the side.
They free range and from what I have seen they get small stones from the garden and path. BUT if I was to offer digestive grit on the side also to make sure they are getting enough, what would I get?
I know shell grit is different to what is needed for digestive grit and wondered what others here use, if anything?
Hope this makes sense!

Crushed granite.
The chickens here get there grit from free ranging but crushed granite is a good source of digestive grit.
The chicks here are encouraged by mum to eat grit very early.

 

[BY Bob]

Heya guys,
Just having thoughts about grit.
I have fine shell grit here for whenever the pullets start laying, ready to put in a bowl on the side.
They free range and from what I have seen they get small stones from the garden and path. BUT if I was to offer digestive grit on the side also to make sure they are getting enough, what would I get?
I know shell grit is different to what is needed for digestive grit and wondered what others here use, if anything?
Hope this makes sense!

I have a bag of granite grit that I bought years ago. It is just small pieces of granite. They mostly need it in winter here when the ground is frozen. I have it out at all times and they eat it when they want.

 

[Scrambles83]

Crushed granite.
The chickens here get there grit from free ranging but crushed granite is a good source of digestive grit.
The chicks here are encouraged by mum to eat grit very early.

I have a bag of granite grit that I bought years ago. It is just small pieces of granite. They mostly need it in winter here when the ground is frozen. I have it out at all times and they eat it when they want.

Thanks crew, something I can look into