Hi all can anyone say with any certainty if there is any reason not to use the egg shells of chicken, duck and goose as a calcium supplement for breading birds. The idea is after cleaning out the membranes from shell to simply grind to a powdery consistency of <0.5mm and mix with egg food in the daily feeds.

I give my birds hard boiled eggs shell and all

Hi Nadene

I have placed some crushed goose egg shell in each of the breeding boxes and seems to be popular with the male birds who are feeding it to the hens.Thanks for the reply.

 

Egg shell is around 95% calcium carbonate. It's a waste to trow that away .

 

The egg itself is a complete protein (all 9 essentials amino acids), so if both are given together, you get an excellent source of protein and minérals.

 

This lady give a crash course on what to do.

http://mamanatural.com/how-to-make-eggshell-calcium/

 

The calcium from a whole egg poached or hard boiled is about 25mg per from 45-50 G edible portions.

 

Give them the egg complete, all parts are good.