Small Pet Select Flaked Oyster and Seashell Mix - Calcium Supplement for Chickens & Ducks (10lb)

My chicks eat it up and leave the other oyster shell alone

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.

I love this product for my arts and craft shell art filler. Nice size and perfect white color I need -

My birds don’t won’t to eat them.

My chickens love this product!

Finely crushed oyster shell was the first type of oyster shell I ever gave my chickens. They love it and I let them eat as much of it as their bodies want. Then for some reason I couldn't find the finely crushed shell anymore. Let me clarify, the other brands SAID they were crushed, but it was more of a tumbled rock consistency (think aquarium gravel size) and not the smaller, flakier, size they were used to. Being chickens, they turned their beaks up and refused to eat the other stuff. In contrast they have been gobbling this bag of Small Pet Select Oyster Shell right up! Just to be clear, the consistency of this oyster shell is thin, flaky, or more of a shaved oyster shell consistency whereas the stuff they refused to eat was like small tumbled rocks. To describe it another way, when you see this oyster shell you think "Yep, this is crushed up oyster shell" when you see the sub par stuff you think it looks like small white rocks. No wonder my chickens prefer this!

These are huge. Like they picked up seashells off the beach and barely chopped them up. They are super thick and some are very large and sharp. We had to chop them up in the magic bullet. I figured "small pet select" wouldn't try to choke my chickens.

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