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Your cart is empty.4.4 out of 5 stars
Hens go through a pretty amazing process building those eggs, and Oyster shell helps out at a very specific point. The shells are built last, usually overnight - and the process can drain your chicken of Calcium. The calcium in Oyster shell is digested at a different rate than that found in their feed, so they have some extra during those night hours when they are creating shell. Help them out by providing Oyster shell At all times, and they will self-regulate, eating it when they need it. Flaked Oyster & Seashell Mix.
Jesse
Reviewed in the United States on February 25, 2025
My chickens like it, they eat in it. Their eggs are stronger when I run out. I will bite it again.
angela edwards
Reviewed in the United States on September 10, 2024
Excellent value for the quantity provided. Definitely recommend it. Even our chickens are fans!
Quinn Newman
Reviewed in the United States on June 23, 2024
I never see the little dinosaurs eating these but after a few days its all gone so they must eat them at some time. And our eggs are always hard so I guess it helps! I always keep it stocked in a separate feeder.
Tracy Teschka
Reviewed in the United States on March 14, 2024
I was using a big namebrand oyster shell, which I am pretty sure was mostly limestone. The big namebrand I would even put Rite in their food, and they didn’t want to eat it. I heard that limestone oyster shell is quick absorption as opposed to real oyster shell, which is a slower absorption rate. This looks like real oyster shells, my chickens gobble it up and their eggs are rock hard. definitely recommend!
Julie
Reviewed in the United States on December 4, 2024
I feed all flock, so my group needs the extra calcium for strong egg shells. They love that it is flaked, a 10 pound box lasts about 8 months for us
Maggie Lesoing
Reviewed in the United States on April 17, 2024
This box of flaked oyster shell is perfect for my hens. The only issue I have with it is that when they shipped it, they thoroughly taped over the "Easy Pour" spout so you really can't pour it the way the box is designed. Ugh. I cut through the tape and just pour out the top. Not great thinking on their part, but at least they saved having to put their box inside another one to ship.
JP
Reviewed in the United States on August 9, 2023
This is oyster shell flake, not pebbles, and my chickens love it and if needed it isn't difficult to break down if the pieces are too large for you chickens. For all that I give it a 4-5 star rating. However, I am knocking a few stars off for the careless way it was shipped. I expected it to be loose in the box because you are ordering it in its original box, but the problem is that it wasn't taped up properly. There was a strip on the top and bottom of the box to keep it from opening, but it wasn't sealed around the sides at all. When the UPS driver handed it to me and I waked from my living room to my kitchen it left a trail of shell behind - and it wasn't a little trail either. After seeing that I wondered how much more of it was lost during transit? I don't have a scale so I couldn't weight it, but clearly a fair amount had to have been lost based on how much trailed behind me in the short distance from my living room to my kitchen. I did contact Amazon about it and they were helpful, but in the future, a note to whoever ships this: You need to fully cover the top and bottom flaps in tape. I don't understand why they didn't. I can't imagine whoever packed this up wasn't seeing that it was coming out of the box.
LYNN
Reviewed in the United States on July 4, 2021
My hens had thick eggshells when they were getting oysters shells up until a month ago when no one had crushed oyster shell in stock. None of the feed stores within an hour from me have them and no one else on Amazon. They offer a substitute of pebble looking calcium supplement that is made from clams and oysters. My hens do not like it and as a result, some had soft shell eggs and the rest have thin eggshells like the regular white eggs sold at stores. Their eggs size have also gotten smaller!I’m so glad to find Small Pet Select crushed oyster shells. They aren’t the white pebbles, they are the real crushed oyster shells. Bonus, extra “like” on the size of the oyster shells because they are smaller in size than the Scratch n Peck (which is also out of stock) that I usually get or the ones by pound at the feed store. They also look fresher than the ones sold at the local feed store. My hens are, as we speak, eating the SmallPet Select oyster shells and ignoring the clam/oyster pebbles (waste of my money). The only reason i gave 4 stars on value for money is because it’s a bit pricey but then again, it’s what i want and my hens need them so its worth it. I paid the same price for Scratch n Peck organic oyster shells but i like the size of this product better. Hoping this will help get my hens’ eggshells thick and strong again.
aileen chapman
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 27, 2021
Nice and small
Lisette
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 14, 2021
Really like these oyster shell pieces. Not to big. And the chickens really like them as well. Thank you and will be ordering again
Tez
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 22, 2020
By far the best grit I can give my ducks. It’s jus the right consistency. It’s hard, but can be broken up in my fingertips.
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