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I put some (washed and dried) eggshells in my grinder and they produced
an exceptionally fine powder.

Does anyone think this idea has merit?

I shouldn't think so. I don't, anyway.

Would the birds be able to
absorb the calcuim from the eggshell?

Yes, if they ingest it.

Or is this a terrible idea which
will lead only to a mad cow scenario of avian semi-cannibalism?

Birds often eat eggshell, snilshell, etc. Stick yo grit, they need it in
their crops for grinding the food - powder, if you can get it into them,
is only half the process, and in any case, hens need more of it than
cocks.

Any advice from your vast reserves of various brains much appreciated!


Just put chicken grit out, mixed with small bird grit. (Or if you have
wild moas about, opals are the thing...

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