Re: granite grit or crushed oyster shell?

In article <45b4cf88$0$8750$ed2619ec@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
"Jill" <news@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Frank Thompson wrote:
I am feeding game birds on a commercial gamebird ration which is
primarily a mixture of a variety of whole grains. It has some pellets
similar to rabbit pellets with supplements. Birds wont eat the pellets
so I am adding VitaPac supplement to drinking water. To aid in
digestion of hard grains would granite grit, crushed oyster shell, or
both be preferable?
Frank
Georgia

Leave both in separate containers somewhere accessible
Don't mix them with food
The granite grit is to aid digestion
The Oystershell is more for good shell production which is just as important
with breeding birds

I live on the ocean and offer sand/small gravel off the beach
to my birds for grit. They love it. And, as a treat, I try to bring
them some seaweed.

I looked up the nutritional analysis of seaweed the other day -- of
all the wild foods in Alaska, kelp has the highest level of calcium in
it. (That surprised me.)

Anyway, as Jill said, grit and oyster shell aren't the same.
Your birds need both.

Birds don't have teeth, so they eat the grit to grind up their
food in their gizzards. After awhile, the grit will get ground
up and passed, so you need to offer grit all the time. They'll
eat what they need, when they need it.

Jan

--
Bedouin proverb: If you have no troubles, buy a goat.
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