[Alice in Wonderland]

and the rest of the feed I raise ...

What feed do you raise?

I never bought oyster shells, I used to feed ground up chicken shells back to the chickens.

[DelaWhere]

>>>What feed do you raise? <<<

Corn, Sweet Corn, Wheat, Barley - and this year some hulless oats. They get grass and all the culls and excess from the garden too. I buy soybean meal for protein supplement and a trace mineral mix.

Crushed Oyster Shell is common here - actually many driveways are paved with them... I run my egg shells through my Victoria mill and feed them too.

>>>I used to feed ground up chicken shells<<<

(had to chuckle on the ‘chicken shells’) Gotta give them the calcium for new egg shells...