How do YOU make egg for your birds?

[ALJhappychicken]

Hi, all! I'm not sure that a lot of people do this, but I sometimes cook my gals' eggs and feed it to them. (I hope this thread is in the right place) I thought it would be interesting to find out how other people cook their egg to treat their birds. I make scramble eggs and add in some shell. P.S.- Please tell me if I shouldn't be feeding my girls like this.

 

[CityFarmer202]

Unless their sick, i don't cook them for them, but i give them leftovers from scrambled, fried, and boiled eggs. I usually add a little shell in their too. If their sick and recovering, i usually scramble them

 

[herfrds]

I started my chicks with either boiled or scrambled eggs with some corn meal mixed it. Helps prevent pasty butt.

 

[happyhens1972]

I always feed a little scrambled egg to my chicks in their first couple of weeks....great as a general nutritional boost and, as mentioned, fab for pasty butt.

I just whisk 'em up with a fork then microwave until moist but not wet, then 'mince' with a fork and hey presto. Sometimes I'll add a pinch of garlic granules for intestinal health.

I also use scrambled egg, laced with garlic and natural yoghurt for sour-crop....never lost a chicken to it yet!!

 

[Michael OShay]

I don't feed my chickens eggs. I know there are plenty of chicken owners who do, and evidently have had no problems doing it, but I am just not willing to run the risk (no matter how slight) that my chickens might develop a taste for eggs and become egg eaters. Having said that, If I was going to feed eggs to my chickens, I would make sure that they were well cooked.

 

[happyhens1972]

I understand that theory but there is no way a chicken can make the connection between eating any form of cooked egg and eating its own eggs raw....so one cannot lead to the other.

 

[ALJhappychicken]

I started my chicks with either boiled or scrambled eggs with some corn meal mixed it. Helps prevent pasty butt.

Good idea! Next time I get chicks, I'll use your recipe!:yiipchick

 

[Michael OShay]

I understand that theory but there is no way a chicken can make the connection between eating any form of cooked egg and eating its own eggs raw....so one cannot lead to the other.

I suspect that you are correct; Icertainly have no evidence to the contrary. I just don't do it myself.