On 27/01/2014 20:12, Janet wrote:
In article , david@abacus-
nurseries.co.uk says...

If you keep chickens then recycle the shells. dry them in the oven so
there is no taste of egg then just crush them and use as poultry grit.

I would advise against that, eating their own shells can lead to
shell-pecking in the nest box.

Better to give them oyster grit.

Janet


Which is why I said "dry them in the oven so there is no taste of egg"

On 27/01/2014 15:13, Nick Maclaren wrote:
In article ,
Spider wrote:
On 26/01/2014 17:18, Roger Tonkin wrote:
In article ,
says...
I put ash
from my woodburner, teabags, eggshells, veg peelings,chicken muck on my heap
and after a year into my veg patch.
Seems to work Ok

So do I, except for the egg shells. I've found that
even after 2 years, they do not seem to rot and are
still identifyable.

I do. And bones, and seafood shells. The only ones that are nearly
immortal are oyster shells.

I don't compost egg shells, either. Apart from their tendency to
persist rather than break down, I worry it would make the compost too
alkaline for use with acid-loving plants.

It doesn't!



Good to know. Thanks, Nick.



Egg shells are probably better kept to use crushed around the base of
Clematis, providing snail protection as well as increasing alkalinity.

A reasonable use for them, though I don't bother.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

--
Spider.
On high ground in SE London
gardening on heavy clay

"Roger Tonkin" wrote in message
...
In article ,
says...
I put ash
from my woodburner, teabags, eggshells, veg peelings,chicken muck on my
heap
and after a year into my veg patch.
Seems to work Ok



So do I, except for the egg shells. I've found that
even after 2 years, they do not seem to rot and are
still identifyable.

crush them small

"David Hill" wrote in message
...

If you keep chickens then recycle the shells. dry them in the oven so
there is no taste of egg then just crush them and use as poultry grit.

I have done this. but they need proper grit too.

"'Mike'" wrote in message
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"Roger Tonkin" wrote in message
...

In article ,
says...
I put ash
from my woodburner, teabags, eggshells, veg peelings,chicken muck on my
heap
and after a year into my veg patch.
Seems to work Ok



So do I, except for the egg shells. I've found that
even after 2 years, they do not seem to rot and are
still identifyable.

--
Roger T

doesn't matter just dig them in (crushed)