How to serve a hard boiled egg to chicks aprox. 7 to 8 weeks old

[TheRealFowlLove]

I've read that giving your chicks a hard-boiled egg once a day is really good for them but I want to know should I mix up the whole thing eggshells and all? and if so should I be mixing up really finelly so that the eggshells don't hurt them?

Thanks!

 

[Chickassan]

Just the egg no shells.

 

[Poultrybreeder]

I feed them eggshells and all, so yes you should crush them really small. My chicks love it! I have fed them eggs with shells for 5 years now

 

[imnukensc]

Peel it and chop it up. Chicks don't need the extra calcium in the egg shell.

 

[Chickassan]

Really? I've always been told no shells until they're laying. Not like I could give them the shells anyway the older hens demand those immediately.

 

[Poultrybreeder]

Hmm, my dad taught me to do that when I first got chickens, he's done it for years before me, so that's how I have always done it. The chicks are always healthy

 

[Chickassan]

Hmm, my dad taught me to do that when I first got chickens, he's done it for years before me, so that's how I have always done it. The chicks are always healthy

I know the little snots would grab those shells if I gave them half a chance.

 

[Poultrybreeder]

Yep. That's how mine are. I have actually owned chickens for 8 years now, the first 3 they didn't get egg

 

[Ol Grey Mare]

Peel it and chop it up. Chicks don't need the extra calcium in the egg shell.

This is true, however egg shells have less dissolvable calcium than oyster shell, etc so the amount absorbed is not as significant which does minimize the risk compared to calcium from layer feed, etc.

That being said, for littles I peel and chop-for older birds I smash shell and all

 

[TheRealFowlLove]

Thanks y'all! I'm about to boil my girls thier first egg!