2006-10-01 20:03:57 · 7 answers · asked by MM888 1 in Pets ➔ Birds
A hen's calcium reserves are taken from the bloodstream. Some species of birds have a special type of bone in their legs that holds and manufactures this blood. The blood reserves are replenished daily by eating foods rich in calcium. Pet birds get this from eggs with the shell still on, crushed oyster shells ground into bird grit, cuttlebone (the bone of the cuttle fish, a type of squid), and sometimes special feed supplemented with calcium carbonate (a type of chalk).
In the wild birds will get their calcium from the insects, fruits and eggs they find. Sometimes birds will eat their own eggs if they cannot get enough calcium in their diets.
2006-10-02 01:19:34 · answer #1 · answered by white_ravens_white_crows 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I've got hen's, if you don't give them the right food the eggs don't form. The best food I've found is 'layers pellets' available from most livestock food suppliers. If you want to be organic you can buy organic pellets, these are more than the price of non-organic pellets, but it's still below £10 per sack. These pellets have everything a hen needs, so you don't need supplements or calcium.
Hope this helps
2006-10-02 04:42:03 · answer #2 · answered by muddy.moose 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Usually hens get oyster shell. They can eat egg shells, too. I used to rinse and dry the shell and then crumble them in the feed.
2006-10-02 03:12:07 · answer #3 · answered by Susan M 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
From the food she eats daily, and from the insects she eats,
she gets calcium from anything and everything she eats
2006-10-02 04:55:07 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Cuttlefish bone. If not eating it then grate it over the top of thier food.
And try boiled eggs-shell also.
2006-10-02 07:06:42 · answer #5 · answered by Silly-Junos 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the chicken's body and the food they eat
2006-10-02 03:11:58 · answer #6 · answered by michael m 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it's in their feed
2006-10-02 03:29:46 · answer #7 · answered by Loollea 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋