| Show POULTRY 10 LP 7 arm GLI 0 3 EGG EATING BIRDS NEED NED GRIT IN DIET limestone or oyster shell dust Is favored by bf H it kauffman Ka poultry extension specialist pennsylvania state college Col leee service egg eating by hens Is a double bar jelea meled proposition which involves both cause ind effect when the hens are not getting enough t grit or vitamin D they lay weak shelled eggs these are easily broken and the hens which crave the materials lacking in the diet start eating the eggs to prevent the occurrence of this habit in the poultry flock floch oyster shells or limestone grit should be kept before the birds all the time since they eat cat off the coarse particles and leave the dust the grit of oyster shells should be stirred occasionally vitamin D Is supplied in cod liver ilver oll OIL if the flock is not receiving enough of this substance an additional cupply should be alloN allowed red and where none mone has been fed the omission should be corrected an eighth of a pint a day for birds Is recommended this can be fed on the grain or in the nash mash occasionally even after the deficiencies in the ration have been corrected the offending hens will continue to eat eggs if they can be detected they should be removed promptly from the flock good nesting anestin material and frequent gathering of the eggs also are helpful practices in preventing or checking the eg egg geating eating geati trouble |
