What to feed hens to make there eggs stronger

Oyster shells are a great source of calcium for chickens - I always have it out as free choice and they seem to only eat what they need. It creates nice hard shells. Won't hurt them at all.

 

God created hens with a ability to process calcium. Oyster shells will be digested and there is a calcium factory inside each hen to make egg shells.

 

Just go to you feed mill or feed store where you get there feed at and tell them you need a bag of Oyster Shells.


Chris

 

Mine get oyster shells, egg shells (washed first, then baked and crushed up), and cottage cheese a few times a week.

 

I sprinkle oyster shell lightly on top the chickens and waterfowl's food. Some mornings I mixed powered milk into their food, for extra calcium. You can also save your egg shells, from your girls, bake them, crunch them up and feed back to them. : )

~ Aspen

 

I feed mine layer pellets right now, and I also give them back all their own egg shells. I am going to switch to flock raiser when we run out of layer pellets and then I will provide the oyster shells on the side. Hopefully that works for me as well as it seems to work for everyone else. Right now I have a feeder of starter/grower crumbles, and then another bigger feeder with the pellets, but all the chickens seem to prefer the grower crumbles...so I have yet a third feeder full of egg shells. All the chickens look better and their eggs have gotten slightly larger with the added protein of the grower, that's why I want to make the switch.