[annie2006]

hiya all,
im getting my first chucks this wkend, and when i went to pet food place i was passed on a piece of advice:

when u have used your eggs, crush the egg shells up and add back into the chucks food to help strengthen future eggs shells

does anyone agree / disagree with doing this? i guess it doesnt just 'sit' right with me 

thanks

[coo!]

yep i heard this too my dad said to do it cause it helps grind there food down or something stops em gettin constipated  :blink: ouch!!

[Vember]

I've never done it, find it's best to stick with oyster shell & grit

It can be done but I think you have to bake them in the oven first?

I shall go have a look see what I can find

There is some info here :
http://chat.allotment-garden.org/index.php?topic=7859.msg88597#msg88597
And Here :
http://chat.allotment-garden.org/index.php?topic=19764.msg239063#msg239063

Sarah

[annie2006]

cheers for that. im going to be feeding them a complete feed including oyster shell anyway so they will go on the compost heap instead!

[shiatsusu]

Hi annie,
 we wash and then bake our egg shells until they can be ground down and fed back to the girls- but by the time you've ground it there isn't much there so it doesn't go far! 

[GrannieAnnie]

We've never done it.  even baked in oven seems not right somehow feeding them back their shells, also doesn't seem worth the effort for such a small amount.  I just put them on the comppost, so the goodness is still going back into the ground.