Raw egg yolk

[U_Stormcrow]

Yes, that should work. I do not think there's any reason to limit the amount of yolk, as long as he continues to eat enough of the crumble every day too.

My concern would be that the whites contain a substantial portion of the (moderately low) % protein in an egg, while the yolk contains substantially all of the fats. Now because the egg yolk is nutrient dense compared to the albumin, the protein content as a % of weight actually comes up - almost 16%. But the fat content jumps to 26%

and the treat ratio would be 1 yolk per two birds daily.

 

[JacinLarkwell]

Here's at I usually was using for him. The white is apparently an extra large store egg, the brown is a normal egg for me, the small white is what he's been getting once a day and then a quail egg is the blue little one. I'm not sure about weights each though

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[U_Stormcrow]

Sadly, I can't judge weight by size. A large egg (which is what my calcs were based on, runs 57-58 grams. A medium egg, around 50. Extra large, around 64.

Yolks tend to be about 1/3 of the total weight.

Maybe you can visualize what I can not.

 

[JacinLarkwell]

Sadly, I can't judge weight by size. A large egg (which is what my calcs were based on, runs 57-58 grams. A medium egg, around 50. Extra large, around 64.

Yolks tend to be about 1/3 of the total weight.

Maybe you can visualize what I can not.

Okay. Based on how heavy they feel when i pick them up, my bantams seem to be between half and 2/3 of the store egg, so between 32 and 48ish? My quail are about 1/3 of the bantams so maybe between 10 and 16?

If that makes any sense

 

[U_Stormcrow]

Okay. Based on how heavy they feel when i pick them up, my bantams seem to be between half and 2/3 of the store egg, so between 32 and 48ish? My quail are about 1/3 of the bantams so maybe between 10 and 16?

If that makes any sense

Internet says quail eggs average 10g and range from 6-16. I'd say you do good work, for guesstimates!

 

[JacinLarkwell]

Internet says quail eggs average 10g and range from 6-16. I'd say you do good work, for guesstimates!

I'm great at simple math, but this is about the limit

So then would it be better to just give him a quail egg or two instead of a bantam egg?

 

[U_Stormcrow]

I'm great at simple math, but this is about the limit

So then would it be better to just give him a quail egg or two instead of a bantam egg?

Yes, 1 quail egg.

 

[JacinLarkwell]

Yes, 1 quail egg.

awesome, thanks

 

[PolishAllTheWay]

@aart @U_Stormcrow any chance you would know? Obviously I don't want to give him so much that he gets malnourished but he seems to need more protein than what he's getting now because otherwise he's constantly eating and not doing anything else.

It’s normal for chickens to constantly be eating grass or scratching at dirt. That seems like a lot of egg

 

[JacinLarkwell]

It’s normal for chickens to constantly be eating grass or scratching at dirt. That seems like a lot of egg

He's in a cage, not out free range. He's constantly eating grower crumble, even when his crop is stuffed.