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Grit: fed in a separate feeder, sprinkled over pellets, or..

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Mine get their grit from bog standard plant pots which are "skewered" into the ground with a tent peg....that way it doesn't get knocked over.

 

I fill them up about once a fortnight.

 

Sometimes they completely ignore it, other times I hear the tap tap tapping as they stock up. :lol:

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The only grit that ours get is from freeranging for an hour or so a day and the Allen & Paige Super mixed corn which they have as theit bedtime treat which has quite a bit of grit mixed in with it. Just before we found the corn we bought a big bag of grit so if they get short we have plenty :roll:

 

They seem to be getting enough because the eggs have firm shells Dippy the White Star can lay for weeks at a time without a problem, and she had a tendency to lay soft shelled eggs at first.

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I just mix a handful in with the pellets. When I rake out the run (not that often, recently :oops: ) and add fresh aubiose, I usually chuck some grit in so there is something for them to peck for.

 

They haven't had much free-ranging recently due to the weather/daylight hours, but the eggs are still ok, although 3 of them are not laying anyway :evil:

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I put a small handfull (probably a few tablespoons) in each day on a flat teracotta plant tray, just to stop it getting lost under the auboise I put on the run floor. They seem to eat it most days. I save their egg shells, bake them in the oven, and crush them up to add to the grit as well.

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