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What is causing your chickens to molt and the egg shells are very thin although I give them generous amounts of oyster shell?
All chickens go through molts. Some hens will not lay very well, or the eggs they produce may not be the best. Continue to give them constant access to oyster shell, plenty of grit, with a GREAT diet (layer feed, plenty of extra protein, etc).
What do sea otters use as a rock?
oyster shells
Can oyster shells can be use as an alternative for toothpaste?
Yes
What do you feed chickens to make their egg shells harder?
You can only make shells thicker BEFORE they are laid. That is why hens that are laying are fed oyster shell. It supplies calcium for good egg shells. If a shell is to thin, it breaks to easily, if it is too thick the chick cannt "pip" which is a term for the chick pecking a hole in the shell as it hatches. If the shell is too thick, then the chick can never be born, and winds up entombed in its own shell, and very dead.
Why do hens lay soft eggs?
Give them grit and crushed oyster shells or, from personal experience, I have found that cleaned, crushed eggshells will also work a treat. The grit and oyster shells must be specialist chicken ones.
Is a bivalve a crab or an oyster?
An oyster - bi (stand for two) and valves (stands for shells) - two shelled animals.
Why do oyster not need to shed its shell?
The oyster's shell provides protection from predators. Oysters do not need to shed their shell because the eat and expel waste products buy opening their shells and pumping water in and out with hairlike structures call cilia.
Do you need to feed chickens laying mash?
NO. Hens will do well on scratch grains and corn but the addition of the extra proteins and calcium in layer feed make better quality eggs and shell. Without the layer mash you will need to add a source of calcium such as dry ground egg shells or oyster shells.
What are some mollusks with shells?
Snail,oyster,Dentalium,Chiton
What are Components of oyster shell?
Oyster shells are primarily composed of calcium carbonate in the form of aragonite crystals, which make up over 95% of the shell material. Other components include proteins, lipids, water, and trace minerals like magnesium and zinc. These components give oyster shells their strength, hardness, and protective properties.
Why oyster and mussels need to shed their shells?
Oysters and mussels do not shed their shells. They are bivalve molluscs and their shells grow larger with age.
What is the chemical composition of oyster shell?
I am not a biologist. But I think oyster shells and clam shells and scallop shells are made of calcium and oxygen, which is how (millions of years later) we get the white cliffs of Dover and chalk. If there are vitamins in these shells, I'd be surprised, as I would have expected the former/present tennants to consume them before heading to Dover or anywhere else. Also, if the nutritional value (vitamins) were worth any notice, do you think we'd throw these things away by the truck-load? Yeah. Me neither. (Still, I have no factual basis for this answer... yet.)
