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If your chickens are laying eggs with soft shells you need to buy oyster shell- its only 10 bucks for a 15 pound bag and it lasts for a while. You don't want to over feed it to them because it can tear up their crop. About a cup a day is good. If your chickens are scratching where they lay they might accidentally kick the egg and break it.
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Will putting egg shells down your disposal affect your septic tank?
Yes. It'll have crushed egg shells in it as a result.
What is used to make the simulated snow in snowglobes?
Use crushed egg shells.
Can egg shells be composted?
Yes, egg shells can be composted. They need to be crushed into super-small pieces, whose decomposition adds calcium to soil amendments, fertilizers, and mulches.
Do turtles eat egg shells?
Yes, most definitely. I was reading about this in a library, went to check the same... what kinda diets I could use for my turtle... crushed egg shells was definitely there... along with fresh tomatoes and lettuce and strawberries and so on...
What A solution reacts with crushed egg shells to give a gas that turns lime water milky name the compound the solution contain?
hcl
Do birds eat crushed up shells?
Birds eat crushed up shells and fine gravel to help grind up seeds in their crop. The crushed shells will also provide additional calcium to form the shell of future eggs.
What do egg shells and sea shells have in common?
you dont go to the sea shore to buy egg shells
Can a toddler eat egg shells?
A toddler should not be allowed to eat egg shells as the shells will scratch the throat.
What protein do leghorn chickens need?
As with all chickens, leghorns should be provided with crushed oyster shells, available at local feed stores, to aid in egg shell formation.
How much does a regular chicken egg way?
A regular chicken egg can approximately hold around 4 lbs. Not much, but it is depending on the chicken and it's health about how the egg shell will produce. Some chickens don't get enough rocks or egg shells to eat and they may lay an egg without a shell. Happened with me before and I learned that they need to eat small rocks and/or crushed egg shells that were heated. If they get enough of these, the shell will come out perfect. :) Hope this helps...
When does an egg shell harden?
Adding calcium/ crushed shells to their diet will help, you can also buy a water soluble tonic to add to their water that will give them the optimum amounts of vitamins and mineral they need to produce hard egg shells. Young hens will produce the hardest egg shells and older hens at the end of their laying years will often start to lay soft/ rubbery eggs.
Should chickens be allowed to eat eggs and shells I've heard that the may start an undersireable habit of pecking their own eggs?
They should never be allowed to eat raw eggs, as it almost always results in egg pecking behavior. This behavior can be corrected in several ways, including separating the chicken for a few days in a place that has only fake, plastic eggs, not real ones. However, it's much better to try and avoid that behavior all together. Even if an egg accidentally breaks, do not let the chickens eat it. Either take if away if you can or smear it into the dirt. Chickens can, however eat cooked eggs, and crushed egg shells. Just make sure the shells have dried out and there is no wet egg left inside, or at least very little left. Then you can crush the shells (they don't even have to be crushed that much), and the hens will eat them and create some new egg shells.
