piggysnorting Posted January 28, 2008 Share Posted January 28, 2008 We live near a beach and recently picked up 40+ pieces of cuttlefish bone. We were wondering whether this calcium rich bone, might be a useful substitute/addition to our chooks diet. We usually boil it up to remove any germs/bacteria and have used it to feed our giant African land snails in the past. We feed the chooks layers pellets, which i know is meant to be a complete food but i was wondering if there were any known issues with cuttlefish?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 28, 2008 Share Posted January 28, 2008 our local pet shop man gave us a load of broken cuttlefish bones for the chooks once. i ground them up with some baked egg shell and we added some to the girls' food for a while. Didn't do them any harm and I wouldn't have done it had the pet shop man not recommended it. He told us to come back any time and ask for any broken bits. They have oyster shell so i didn't see any harm in giving them cuttlefish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 28, 2008 Share Posted January 28, 2008 have a look at this thread too, it mentions the difference btwn pet shop cuttlefish and that found on the beach http://club.omlet.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?t=13402&highlight=cuttlefish Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piggysnorting Posted January 29, 2008 Author Share Posted January 29, 2008 Thanks for the info and the link to the other thread. I figure that because we're able to give boiled beach cuttlefish to our snails (who clearly wouldn't appreciate salt), then it should be ok for the ladies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...