Calcium for chicken. Please help...?

Question

I heard that chicken need lots of calcium. how it will be if i crush the fish bones and add it to their feed and give them. will that create any problem? whats your idea? Please give an advise.

Answer 1

You can buy HEN SCRATCH at the feed store that will supply them with the correct nutrition they need and you are seeking for your bird.  

Answer 2

I have never tried fish bone I am sure its o.k

i gave my hens crushed egg shells and they were fine :)

Answer 3

Chickens get calcium by leaching it through their crop.  All they need is a source of Calcium.  Fish bones, egg shells, rocks.  It doesn't really make a difference.  They get get calcium by eating rocks when they peck at their food.  If you have broilers like a mass farming system, they will need a calcium suppliment but the formula for feed is provided for you.  The requirement for calcium goes up more than normal if you have breeders.

Answer 4

If your chickens free range, then they will get most of everything they need.  However, it is always a good idea to have some calcium supplement available for them if they want some.  This can consist of a supplement that you can buy or you can just crush the egg shells up real good and put them in there.

I don't see any reason that crushed fish bones would harm them, so I would say you can use them.  

Don't waste your money on hen scratch, it contains very little nutrition and little or no calcium