Calculating Protein Percentages of Eggs and Peas

[Kiki]

By weight yes.

By calories... 6.5 grams x 4 calories (for protein)= 26 calories/50 x 100= 52% by caloric content.

So is it weight or energy that our birds are eating to meet? Can we agree on that so we can decide which IS the more relevant matter when it comes to feeding eggs to our birds... at 12% protein, that wouldn't be worth it to me.

@Percheron chick does seem to grasp what I am saying.

Weight.

Everything in the above books is suggesting that the bird is fed based off of its own age and weight.

 

[Kiki]

How much does one cup weigh?

 

[EggSighted4Life]

I'm not understanding what you are saying.
Here are peas
This is amounts for one cup of

raw peas:
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1 cup of raw peas has 8 grams of protein.

8 grams of protein would be 32 calories out of 117 in your example. That equals 27% protein... by calories... we all eat to meet a certain calorie load in order to maintain our weight... regardless of volume.

 

[Kiki]

I'm meaning weight of the bird.
Are you all meaning weight of the food itself?

 

[casportpony]

By weight yes.

By calories... 6.5 grams x 4 calories (for protein)= 26 calories/50 x 100= 52% by caloric content.

So is it weight or energy that our birds are eating to meet? Can we agree on that so we can decide which IS the more relevant matter when it comes to feeding eggs to our birds... at 12% protein, that wouldn't be worth it to me.

@Percheron chick does seem to grasp what I am saying.

A bird will only eat as much as it's crop will hold, so when people are talking about trying to get more protein into their sick birds I think one needs to look at the actual protein content of the item.

 

[EggSighted4Life]

I'm meaning weight of the bird.
Are you all meaning weight of the food itself?

Yes. And yes... the bird will eat enough CALORIES to maintain it's weight.

 

[casportpony]

8 grams of protein would be 32 calories out of 117 in your example. That equals 27% protein... by calories... we all eat to meet a certain calorie load in order to maintain our weight... regardless of volume.

Birds do not.

 

[casportpony]

Yes. And yes... the bird will eat enough CALORIES to maintain it's weight.

They will not.

 

[Kiki]

8 grams of protein would be 32 calories out of 117 in your example. That equals 27% protein... by calories... we all eat to meet a certain calorie load in order to maintain our weight... regardless of volume.

I think I am starting to understand what you are saying.
This is not very easy.

 

[EggSighted4Life]

A bird will only eat as much as it's crop will hold, so when people are talking about trying to get more protein into their sick birds I think one needs to look at the actual protein content of the item.

Yes, I agree.