Chicken Lickin Oyster Shell Grit 1.2Kg

Chicken Lickin Oyster Shell Grit – 1.2kg

Crushed oyster shell, offered free-choice as a calcium source for laying birds. It is fully soluble, so unlike flint grit it does not stay in the gizzard grinding food — it dissolves and is absorbed, releasing calcium steadily rather than in one hit, which is what a hen forming a shell overnight actually needs.

A hen puts roughly two grams of calcium into every shell she lays. A good layers ration covers most of that, but birds late in lay, older hens, and any flock getting a lot of mixed corn will run short, and thin or soft shells are usually the first sign. Offering oyster shell separately lets each bird take what she needs.

Performance & Benefits

• Completely soluble, so the calcium is absorbed rather than passing through.
• Releases calcium slowly, which suits shell formation overnight.
• Supports eggshell thickness and consistency in laying birds.
• Contributes to bone strength in hens laying heavily.
• Offered free-choice, so birds self-regulate instead of being dosed.
• 1.2kg tub, a sensible first size for a few hens.

Suitable For

• Laying hens, ducks and bantams in lay.
• Flocks showing thin, soft or brittle shells.
• Older hens and birds late in their laying year.
• Flocks fed a good deal of mixed corn, which carries almost no calcium.
• Not a grinding grit — it dissolves, so birds still need insoluble flint grit. Chicken Lickin Mixed Grit supplies both in one tub.

Feeding

• Offer free-choice in a separate pot, not mixed through the feed.
• Keep it topped up and available at all times during the laying season.
• Site it under cover so rain does not turn it to paste.
• Offer insoluble flint grit alongside it in a second pot.

Composition & Analysis

• Composition: crushed oyster shell. 1.2kg tub.
• Fully soluble calcium source. Not a gizzard grit.
• AgriVite, who produce the Chicken Lickin range, publish no calcium percentage, particle size or analysis on their own website, so none is stated here.
• The pack declaration is the authority on contents.

Care & Caution

• Offer it only to birds in lay. Calcium fed to chicks, growers or birds not yet laying can damage developing kidneys, and there is no benefit to offset that.
• Free-choice means a separate pot. Mixing calcium through the ration removes the bird's ability to take only what she needs.