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If they hatch out in the coop I just gather up the shells the first time I clean the coop after the hatch. I've never seen a chicken eat an empty shell, but I guess they might if they needed the calcium. If they hatch in the incubator I just throw the shells in the trash the next day.
We keep oyster shell out free choice for all our chickens, but I remember my grandmother would save all the egg shells including those from broody hatched chicks, and put them in an old pan on the wood heater and when they were bone dry she'd crush them and feed them back to the chickens free choice sorta like we do oyster shell.
Good luck on your new chicks!
If they hatch out in the coop I just gather up the shells the first time I clean the coop after the hatch. I've never seen a chicken eat an empty shell, but I guess they might if they needed the calcium. If they hatch in the incubator I just throw the shells in the trash the next day.
We keep oyster shell out free choice for all our chickens, but I remember my grandmother would save all the egg shells including those from broody hatched chicks, and put them in an old pan on the wood heater and when they were bone dry she'd crush them and feed them back to the chickens free choice sorta like we do oyster shell.
Good luck on your new chicks!
