"But you are a potato!"

[Dayrel]

I agree with you Allen, but not everyone does. I prefer all calcium supplements to be "on the side". Hens will munch on the calcium as they feel the need.

 

[rjohns39]

There's not enough calcium there to do any harm and its easier than peeling. My pullets will eat the egg and leave the shells behind for the most part.

As for the salmon if and when you need it a table spoon with juice and all right out of the can and for the liver about a table spoon raw and thawing is optional.

 

[AllenK RGV]

I agree with you Allen, but not everyone does. I prefer all calcium supplements to be "on the side". Hens will munch on the calcium as they feel the need.

Thank you also I am a sucker for a good deal on chicken treats so I'd be first in line for those cracked eggs! I'm thinking I might see what kind of discounted pumpkins I can buy today too! Might be able to pick them up in the dollar range.

 

[R2elk]

Eggies are a great protein source

Typical chicken eggs contain approximately 12% protein which is much lower than normal feeds. There are many good reasons to feed Hard boiled eggs such as the fact that they contain all nine essential amino acids in the right ratios. But there are much higher sources of protein available.

 

[AllenK RGV]

There's not enough calcium there to do any harm and its easier than peeling. My pullets will eat the egg and leave the shells behind for the most part.

As for the salmon if and when you need it a table spoon with juice and all right out of the can and for the liver about a table spoon raw and thawing is optional.

I'll apologize for making a funny out of your post, but I visualized a chicken drinking a Caprisun Cherry(with straw) for the juice to go with caned salmon. After the third reading it made total sense you ment the juice FROM the salmon can.

 

[KettermanHillCoop]

Typical chicken eggs contain approximately 12% protein which is much lower than normal feeds. There are many good reasons to feed Hard boiled eggs such as the fact that they contain all nine essential amino acids in the right ratios. But there are much higher sources of protein available.

What other sources of protein do you recommend?

 

[KettermanHillCoop]

Keep in mind, I'm feeding them their regular food...these inquiries are just for treat ideas. If I'm going to give them treats...I'd like to give them something beneficial.

 

[Sunshine Flock]

I'd offer the shells separately. Let them choose when they need them for calcium. But what do I know. I have a chicken that jumped up in my lap and I'm typing without being able to see the screen, so I'm likely to say anything.

I love the "But you're a potato!" commercial. Super cute and clever!

When I found out chickens are cannibals, I almost became a vegan. It's disturbing, and I've seen them in action when I let the flock mingle with my recovering rooster. I never let them get close, but boy do they flip from cute hens grazing on organic greens, to wild eyed, slow stepping chicken eaters as they eyeball a wound and tilt their heads at an angle and move closer for a taste of their leader.

The feeding them their own eggs thing kind of freaked me out, too, when I first heard about it, but now I'm like, "Free food for them!" It's best to feed them their own versus the eggs of someone else, and I'd say a hearty no to feeding them the eggshells of chickens who aren't from your own flock. I'd worry about what the eggshell has been exposed to.

Anyway, let them eat potatoes, I say!

 

[rjohns39]

Keep in mind, I'm feeding them their regular food...these inquiries are just for treat ideas. If I'm going to give them treats...I'd like to give them something beneficial.

I'm a fan of dried meal worms.

 

[KettermanHillCoop]

I'm a fan of dried meal worms.

Dried as oppose to fresh? Any particular reason? How does one dry the worms?