Chickens are known for their quirky eating habits and foraging for interesting snacks right in your backyard If you’re new to raising backyard chickens you might be wondering what’s safe for our feathered friends and what things might be harmful to them I remember starting out thinking that the sharp eggshells would slice their throats or something I was wrong!
Can Chickens Eat Eggshells?
Yes! Chickens actually enjoy eating eggshells
Rocks and Shells Are Good for Hen Health
If bread is the staple of human life, calcium is its backbone Lacking calcium, the bones of every living creature, from people to flounders, wouldn’t exist Without calcium neither clams nor bird eggs would have shells Chickens, and especially laying hens, need plenty of it to maintain both their health and laying ability
Laying hens have a calcium dilemma When chickens were wild birds roaming the Southeast Asian woodlands, they would only lay one or two clutches of eggs a year, maybe two dozen total Every egg removes calcium from the hen’s body, but when she didn’t lay many eggs,