Allotment Gardening Advice Help Chat
Poultry and Pets => The Hen House => Topic started by: PaulineM on September 15, 2010, 13:07
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Hi
I am still having problems with one of my girls having thin shelled eggs, I have tried limestone flour etc but it didn't last long and have now just started giving them shell max booster and did get one good egg then another broken one, anyway I try to give mine some baked egg shells but I was just wondering how exactly to bake egg shells?
I put mine in the aga but for how long and can you over bake them as I often forget about them being there. ::) Also how small do they need grounding to?
Thanks
Pauline
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Hi Pauline.
Yes the Aga is good. I would say 20 minutes in the top oven or overnight in the slow bottom oven. The aim of baking them is simply to make sure there is no nasty bacteria on them. I would say crush them to about the size of a piece of sweet corn. :happy: Do you give mixed grit? That might help.
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Yes a aga will be great. I crush them down and give them back mixed with the layers. Do your girls have oyster shell mine have theres all the timse i put it into a plant pot and fix it to the wire mesh.
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Yes my girls have a plant pot of oyster shell available, whether they eat it or not i'm not sure ::)
Thanks for the replies :)
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When I've baked egg shell I give them a whizz in the magi- mix.