[Lavinia]

Well we have done the deed, i cooked them in the microwave and then they were smashed to the smallest of smallest of pieces and they chickens scoffed the lot.... Only thing was that it didn't smell of popcorn

[bazzais]

I am still collecting my egg shells (or rather have not got round to microwaving them yet).

Yesterday I dropped an egg on the floor by accident and they all nearly knocked me over to eat it  and were fighting each other for bits!!  Hope they have not got the taste for them or there will be no eggs tonight.

Ta

Baz

[egbert]

My rather eccentric MIL has just handed me a huge pile of egg shells she has been collecting and baking for months (by the size of the pile, since her last hens went a year or 2 ago as she was saving them in case she got more). She told me to feed them to the hens - so couple of questions -

how much should I give them -
should it be mixed with other grit or is egg shells alone enough
is there an expiry on baked egg shells after which I should use them for slug repellant instead?