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Heard a vet in Asheville say something about chicken grit that made me rethink my whole setup
She was telling a client that if you feed a lot of greens or scratch, you need more grit than the little bit in the feed bag. She said for her own flock of 12, she goes through a 50 pound bag of granite grit every six months. I checked my own grit tub and it was almost empty, so I guess my girls have been running on fumes. How often do you all actually top up the grit station?
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kelly.daniel3mo ago
Remember reading an old poultry book that called grit the forgotten helper. It pointed out that birds without enough grit are basically wasting some of their feed. I keep a coffee can full of oyster shell next to the grit now so they can pick what they need.
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jenniferb533mo ago
Good point about the grit, but oyster shell is actually for calcium, not digestion. They need both. @mia52 is right about keeping the grit topped up.
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mia523mo ago
I had the same wake-up call last year when my hens started looking rough. Now I refill their grit hopper every two weeks without fail, and their digestion is way better. How big is your flock right now?
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