Finally I've used enough of my eggs to crush and feed the shells back to the chickens. Feeding crushed eggshells back to the chickens helps to keep their calcium levels where they should be to keep the egg shells hard and prevent soft shelled eggs or even worse shell less eggs. Egg shells alone or paired with oyster shell ensures that the chickens get enough calcium. Although I haven't had any problems with soft shells yet I don't want that problem so I'm preventing it before it happens.
By the way I got 5 eggs yesterday & today... that means another hen is laying!!! Ready to see a brown egg in the nesting box.... that will mean Elvira has started laying.
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