[Market-farming] Thin egg shells...
Bitsy Turner
bfturner at bledsoe.net
Sat May 2 17:49:41 EDT 2009
At 10:39 AM 4/30/2009, Makenna Goodman wrote:
>My layers (hens) are producing thin-shelled eggs (some even without shells altogether). I give them oyster shells for calcium, and theyre free range, so Im wondering what else I can do to prevent this and increase minerals in their diet, organically?
You might try giving them Food Grade Diatomaceous Earth, free choice or coat their feed with it. That would add minerals and reduce or eliminate parasites naturally.
>Also, does anyone have other good farm listservs I could join? Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
Check out:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/OrganicChickens/
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PasturePoultry/
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