Using Livestock Teeth as Grit, Specifically Rabbit Teeth

[Marissam06]

Hi all, I'm working on designing a permaculture for my backyard, I have everything for my chickens covered except grit. Then I got the idea to use the teeth of the frier rabbits we are breeding as grit. I Googled it, and found nothing what do you guys think? We're also farming crawdads, could their shells be used as grit (compromised mainly of chitin) if not any other ideas of what to do with this waste product?

 

[AccentOnHakes]

I'd say that it might not work out so well...

Wouldn't there be too much calcium for the young ones?

ETA: Oyster shell is too soft to use as grit, so I'd say the crayfish shells are too soft.

 

[DvanderSlik]

Hmmm... I wouldn't use teeth as grit. Are there any areas of small stones, pebbles, or tiny gravel on your farm? That is essentially what grit is.

 

[MetalSmitten]

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chickens, given enough area to roam, will usually just find their own little rocks and such