Feeding Eggs

[zazanomore]

I haven't given it to them yet, but I have nothing against egg.

[patdbunny]

Pretty good article about calcium:
http://www.birdsnways.com/wisdom/ww22eii.htm

Hard to OD on calcium. The entire egg's good for them. Generally they love scrambled. Make sure it's hard scrambled and not snotty. I have concerns about commercially produced eggs being undercooked for e coli and Sam-n-Ella. I nuke the shells for 30 seconds, crush and then mix into the scrambled stuff.

[kaylayuh]

Pretty good article about calcium:
http://www.birdsnways.com/wisdom/ww22eii.htm

Hard to OD on calcium. The entire egg's good for them. Generally they love scrambled. Make sure it's hard scrambled and not snotty. I have concerns about commercially produced eggs being undercooked for e coli and Sam-n-Ella. I nuke the shells for 30 seconds, crush and then mix into the scrambled stuff.

I'm surprised you don't raise your own chickens!

[patdbunny]

I'm surprised you don't raise your own chickens!

Oh, I do! I haven't had to buy eggs in years. I'm just saying cook them well done as I'm assuming most people are buying their eggs from a supermarket.

Now, if we can just work up the nerve to have fresh chicken. . . or goat. . .

[kaylayuh]

Now, if we can just work up the nerve to have fresh chicken. . . or goat. . .

I could never ever do that. If I think to much about the meat I'm eating when I eat meat, I can't eat it.

If I'm feeding my birds eggs, I buy them from the farmers market. The come from the chickens at the farm right to the market. Most of the people selling eggs at their stands are Amish or Mennonite, so I know there's no funny business going on. And the eggs are ridiculously fresh. The bring them in the morning on the days the market is open and they always sell out. They're more expensive, but I'd rather get them and know my birds are safe. Or, well, safer.

[patdbunny]

Just for everyone's FYI - don't ever wash raw eggs. Recall high school bio - semipermeable membrane and all that jazz.

[TheNzJessie]

i dont eat eggs in anyway shape or form since i found a chickens foot in mine (yea gross) but i do make them for my birds. mostly scrambled or i hard boil it and then hang it up in there cages with the shell still on

[Vicki5280]

I give mine eggs a couple of times/week. Scrambled in my well-seasoned cast-iron pan so there's no need to add butter, oil, or anything like that. (OK, fine, there's a little bit of crisco in it from the last time I cooked.) I've crushed the shell and added it once, but nobody ate it, so I haven't done it since. BUT, I like Pat's idea of nuke'ing and crushing it. I may try that tomorrow - it's an egg day.
My daughter gives Bucky part of her poached egg every morning. He used to eat both parts of it, but now he skips the white and just eats the yolk. I'm guessing that's his favorite part.

Just for everyone's FYI - don't ever wash raw eggs. Recall high school bio - semipermeable membrane and all that jazz.

So Pat, I'm not getting a clear picture of this, don't wash raw eggs thing. I'm assuming that the suggestion is that the shell is the semipermeable membrane and washing the egg will promote some kind of transfer across it, am I correct?

[kaylayuh]

Just for everyone's FYI - don't ever wash raw eggs. Recall high school bio - semipermeable membrane and all that jazz.

So Pat, I'm not getting a clear picture of this, don't wash raw eggs thing. I'm assuming that the suggestion is that the shell is the semipermeable membrane and washing the egg will promote some kind of transfer across it, am I correct?

That's the jist of it. I can't see why you'd want to wash a raw egg anyway. If you're really worried, I think the safest way to go would be certified organic or free range eggs from a trusted source.

That said, while I was in Kentucky, one of my biology classes had an extended lab option where we could work with one of the heads of the research labs. We had to surgically implant electrodes into fetal chicken legs. They were very specific about not using anything to sterilize the eggs because it travels through the shell pretty easily.

[captwest]

Yes we feed our birds eggs, Josie usually does scrambled eggs for the birds .The yolks are the preferred part though.I haven't tried microwaving the shell yet, i usually bake them in the oven and then grind them up(the shells that is). Sometimes when the parents are feeding chicks we give them hard boiled yolks to give the chicks a protein boost.