limestone flour

[BUFFS]

we got some flour the other day and i sprinkled some on their pellets,is there a set amount that we should be giving them?,or any special way of administering it,we have not had a soft egg for two days now,so we aqre moving in the right direction...

[jessmorris]

I think I saw something on here that said you need to give it with cod liver oil so the chooks can absorb it?.....

[sheena]

I generally pour a tbsp of Cod Liver Oil over the food and then sprinkle a tbsp of lime stone flour over the top, the oil also helps the flour stick to the pellets.

You don't have to do this daily, once or twice a week should be sufficient to keep softie's at bay.

[BUFFS]

to jessmorris and sheena,thanks for the info,will do as directed,as luck had it i had put some cod liver oil on first anyway(more by luck than anything else),with the ex-broody now getting some colour in her comb,things are on the up...ta.

[jessmorris]

Hurrah for broody. I think they tend to recover quite quickly after the hatch. Mine really gobble the chick crumbs up.

[sheena]

Yay... I love good news!

[jessmorris]

Me too, the broodies look so awful by the hatch time - pale combs, breast bones like razor blades, crazy growls and pecks and mucho bristlings of feathers if you go near them. Then two days later, a house of fluffy chicks and mama bustling about, on her feet, showing them how to scratch, what to eat, calling them to her. Its quite miraculous (and I've only done it thrice!)

[Flummery]

I use a teaspoon of the oil, once a week in winter. Only occasionally in summer, if there is a fragile looking shell. The flour sticks a treat.