Show I I 4 LT 0 EGG EATING BIRDS NEED GRIT IN DIET Limestone or Oyster Shell Dust Is Favored Dy By ii H U JI Poultry Specialist College Sor Egg etting by hens Is a double bar proposition which involves Involve both cause and effect When Wilen the hens are not getting enough grit or vitamin D they lay weak shelled eggs These are ure easily broken brohen and the hens which crave the lacking In the diet oat Ing the eggs I To prevent the occurrence of this I habit In the poultry flock oyster shells or limestone grit should be kept he- he before fore the birds all the time Since they eat off ocr the coarse particles and leave the dust the grit of oyster should be stirred occasionally I Vitamin D Is supplied In cod lh 11 er eroil oil It If the flock Is not receiving enough h of this substance an additional I supply should be allowed ed and wh re none has been fed the omission should be corrected An el eighth of n a pint a aday day for birds Is recommended This can he red fed on the grain or In the mash Oc Occasionally even after the deficiencies deficiencies cies In the ration mUon ha hale hae e been corrected the offending hens bens will continue to eat ent eggs ggs If they can be detected they should be removed promptly from the flock Good nesting material and frequent gathering of the e eggs riS also are helpful practices in n presenting pre or checking the egg eating trouble |