Egg shell for chickens

[noobiechickenlady]

I keep a shopping bag in the kitchen that gets taken to the compost every evening after supper. I just scrunch up the eggshells through the bag. The ladies pick through the compost (and fling it around )

Dandelions, huh? Another reason to not poison the tar out of them!

 

[big brown horse]

I keep a shopping bag in the kitchen that gets taken to the compost every evening after supper. I just scrunch up the eggshells through the bag. The ladies pick through the compost (and fling it around )

Dandelions, huh? Another reason to not poison the tar out of them!

Same here noobie.


YOU can eat those dandelions too, tops and all.

 

[Wifezilla]

Here is what I do to them...

Pick them young. Cover them in vinegar and let them set for a few weeks. Strain.

You will then have a vinegar that is LOADED with minerals. Use it as a tonic or for a very nutritious salad dressing.

 

[noobiechickenlady]

I loooove dandelion in a salad. And the wine...

I wanted to plant some. Mother threatened me with bodily harm if I did :/

 

[abifae]

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[ORChick]

Back to the opening post - I have to wonder how useful that very fine powder is. Seems to me the chickens would more likely breathe it down into their lungs, than ingest it. And I can't think that eggshell powder in the lungs can be good for them. I use oyster shell, but then I have very few birds. The bag I bought when they were still young (April 2008) is still, I would guess, less than half gone. If in future I decide to feed back the shells I would just crush them in my hands; this would keep the pieces small enough for them to eat, but too large to inhale.

 

[PunkinPeep]

Back to the opening post - I have to wonder how useful that very fine powder is. Seems to me the chickens would more likely breathe it down into their lungs, than ingest it. And I can't think that eggshell powder in the lungs can be good for them. I use oyster shell, but then I have very few birds. The bag I bought when they were still young (April 2008) is still, I would guess, less than half gone. If in future I decide to feed back the shells I would just crush them in my hands; this would keep the pieces small enough for them to eat, but too large to inhale.

I fear you might be correct. But i sure had fun breaking them down into a powder.

There was a similar discussion here .

 

[freemotion]

I loooove dandelion in a salad. And the wine...

I wanted to plant some. Mother threatened me with bodily harm if I did :/

I overseeded my pasture with dandelion seeds I collected from the biggest plants I could find on my walks. It is actually hard to establish them, because all the animals favor them and seek them out!

 

[Beekissed]

I think it was a cool idea and it would mix well with my laying mash if I did it that way~cool tip!

I just throw mine out in the garden and let anyone gobble them. Haven't had any egg eaters for 33 years now, so it must be okay.

Before garden season, I save a bunch of them, crush them in a walmart bag and place them in the soil around my maters.

 

[VT-Chicklit]

In the colder seasons, I grind my egg shells down to powder and then mix some of the powder in with the hot mash that I make for my girls from their layer pellets, meat scraps, veggie scraps, pasta, and scratch. I put what ever I have handy in their bowl and add hot water. I feed this to them in the morning when they come out of their coop. They looooove it! A good hot breakfast to start the day.