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Post by bince on Jul 9, 2015 18:38:03 GMT -5
I stopped in at a local nursery/feed store just to see what they sell when I came across crushed granite @ .89 per KG. The sales person said they sell it for chicken grit. Has anyone tried using crushed granite as a substrate for their cephs or any other CP's?
Bince
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Post by lloyd on Jul 9, 2015 19:06:26 GMT -5
Should be OK if washed.
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Post by bince on Jul 9, 2015 21:27:58 GMT -5
Thanks Lloyd, I thought it should be.
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Post by grackle on Jul 9, 2015 22:16:21 GMT -5
Alpine societies swear by it.
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Post by stevebooth on Jul 22, 2015 7:01:25 GMT -5
Mike King in the UK, now uses it with milled pine bark as his peat free mix.
Cheers Steve
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Post by seasmoke on Aug 4, 2015 12:18:18 GMT -5
Works better than sand with long fiber sphag due to it's larger size, doesn't compact as much in between fibers.
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Post by kawarthapine on Oct 1, 2016 22:28:04 GMT -5
Just a point of clarification.
The chicken/bird supplement sold in most Co-ops is in fact calcium (crushed oyster shell) and is used by farmers and hobbyists to give their hens a calcium supplement to strengthen egg shells and boost egg production..
While it is possible some places sell crushed granite as grit (eaten to help birds crush food in their gizzard) I am not familiar with this practice and I have raised birds for eggs, while not in almost thirty years.
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Post by bince on Oct 3, 2016 17:51:17 GMT -5
I am pretty sure it is granite and not crushed oyster shells. My vft's like it, they have been growing quite well in it since last July.
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Post by kawarthapine on Oct 13, 2016 21:55:14 GMT -5
Bince:
Thanks for the confirmation.
Turns out our local co-op sells both...
Live and learn!
I just wish it was sold in increments less than 10 kg.
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