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  • From: Bitsy Turner <bfturner AT bledsoe.net>
  • To: Market Farming <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Thin egg shells...
  • Date: Sat, 02 May 2009 16:49:41 -0500

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 they’re free range,
>so I’m 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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