Raw egg yolk

[JacinLarkwell]

So I /think/ I know the answer, but checking in case I'm wrong.

Can you give a bird too much raw egg? I've been scrambling an egg (bantam size) into a bowl of started crumble for my young male to eat each morning and he obviously loves it. I know there's some moisture and a lot if protien, but is it safe to give him more than that. I k ow he's finishing his bowl of food too, so he's not only eating the egg and leaving the crumble

 

[Emelyn]

So I /think/ I know the answer, but checking in case I'm wrong.

Can you give a bird too much raw egg? I've been scrambling an egg (bantam size) into a bowl of started crumble for my young male to eat each morning and he obviously loves it. I know there's some moisture and a lot if protien, but is it safe to give him more than that. I k ow he's finishing his bowl of food too, so he's not only eating the egg and leaving the crumble

Do you give him the egg EVERY day? I think that's why he's not eating the crumble.

 

[JacinLarkwell]

Do you give him the egg EVERY day? I think that's why he's not eating the crumble.

He eats all the crumble, I said that in my post.

 

[JacinLarkwell]

@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.

 

[NatJ]

Can you give a bird too much raw egg? I've been scrambling an egg (bantam size) into a bowl of started crumble for my young male to eat each morning and he obviously loves it. I know there's some moisture and a lot if protien, but is it safe to give him more than that. I k ow he's finishing his bowl of food too, so he's not only eating the egg and leaving the crumble

To quote myself from another thread:

Something called avidin in raw egg whites binds to biotin (one of the B vitamins), so people or dogs can get a biotin deficiency if they eat too many raw egg whites for too long of a time.

Since biotin is also needed by chickens, I would be concerned about causing a deficiency in the rooster too.

If you want to feed him egg on a regular basis, it might be better to cook at least the whites--but then you wouldn't be able to mix it into his crumbles in the same way.

Does he like his crumble dry or with water added? Because then you could serve cooked egg along with it. I don't think there is any reason to limit cooked eggs.

 

[JacinLarkwell]

To quote myself from another thread:


If you want to feed him egg on a regular basis, it might be better to cook at least the whites--but then you wouldn't be able to mix it into his crumbles in the same way.

Does he like his crumble dry or with water added? Because then you could serve cooked egg along with it. I don't think there is any reason to limit cooked eggs.

What if I just separated the yolk and didn't put the whites in? I can do that easily. He honestly eats it however I give it to him, usually I mix it just so I know he's eating crumble still and it's harder for him to spill it everywhere

 

[NatJ]

What if I just separated the yolk and didn't put the whites in? I can do that easily. He honestly eats it however I give it to him, usually I mix it just so I know he's eating crumble still and it's harder for him to spill it everywhere

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.

 

[JacinLarkwell]

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.

Awesome. I couldn't think of anything that was bad to get too much of in the yolks, but I also didn't know about the egg whites either

 

[U_Stormcrow]

Wish I did - I had excess eggs yesterday (sales have almost stopped, now that the local teachers are our of school and without paychecks) so I threw 30 raw eggs to my flock of 50+ on the pasture, but I will only do that once or twice a week while egg sales are slow and production is climbing (would be worse if some weren't in molt).

Somehow, I doubt its been much studied - I've certainly seen nothing.

Here's what we do know -

1) Eggs are a complete protein, they contain all the essential amino acids, so that's good.

2) By weight, Its about 11% protein (that's low), 8% fat (that's high), and insignificant amount of fiber, and a lot of water.

3) Salt sits at 0.44%, right in range of the typical commercial feed. Its also low in phosphorus (0.15%, about 1/4th what you see in many feeds), Selenium around .20 ppm (2/3rd what I see on a bag of Nutrena All Flock) Using the same "All Flock" comparison (and if my math is right), its got half as much Vitamin A, half as much D3, and an insignificant amount of Vitamin E.

??? But perhaps more is contained in the shell? I've no idea how much calcium, phosphorus, etc is in the shell of a medium large egg ???

4) and it looks like egg shells are as much as 40% calcium - if you find your meaties or your favorite Roo eating the shell to get the yolky/albumin goodness, you want to stop that. They are apparently good sources of magnesium and phosphorus. Sadly, a high source of sodium.

So, based on what I've just discovered crawling the web (THANK YOU, learned something new before lunch!!!) I'm going to stick with my normal recommend for treats - not to exceed 10% of diet by weight. Rough math time -

There's about 455 grams per pound, and a "typical" chicken eat 1/4 lb per day, or about 115 grams daily. 10% of that is about 12 grams, and a large egg is about 58 grams w/o shell, about 64 grams with.

So, don't exceed one egg per five birds daily - and that's about 3.8% calcium by weight if you include the shell.


Helpful?

 

[JacinLarkwell]

Wish I did - I had excess eggs yesterday (sales have almost stopped, now that the local teachers are our of school and without paychecks) so I threw 30 raw eggs to my flock of 50+ on the pasture, but I will only do that once or twice a week while egg sales are slow and production is climbing (would be worse if some weren't in molt).

Somehow, I doubt its been much studied - I've certainly seen nothing.

Here's what we do know -

1) Eggs are a complete protein, they contain all the essential amino acids, so that's good.

2) By weight, Its about 11% protein (that's low), 8% fat (that's high), and insignificant amount of fiber, and a lot of water.

3) Salt sits at 0.44%, right in range of the typical commercial feed. Its also low in phosphorus (0.15%, about 1/4th what you see in many feeds), Selenium around .20 ppm (2/3rd what I see on a bag of Nutrena All Flock) Using the same comparison (and if my math is right, its got half as much Vitamin A, half as much D3, and an insignificant amount of Vitamin E.

??? But perhaps more is contained in the shell? I've no idea how much calcium, phosphorus, etc is in the shell of a medium large egg ???

4) and it looks like egg shells are as much as 40% calcium - if you find your meaties or your favorite Roo eating the shell to get the yolky/albumin goodness, you want to stop that. They are apparently good sources of magnesium and phosphorus. Sadly, a high source of sodium.

So, based on what I've just discovered crawling the web (THANK YOU, learned something new before lunch!!!) I'm going to stick with my normal recommend for treats - not to exceed 10% of diet by weight. Rough math time -

There's about 455 grams per pound, and a "typical" chicken eat 1/4 lb per day, or about 115 grams daily. 10% of that is about 12 grams, and a large egg is about 58 grams w/o shell, about 64 grams with.

So, don't exceed one egg per five birds - and that's about 3.8% calcium by weight if you include the shell.


Helpful?

Oooff

Okay, so he's been getting like 2x what he should since they're smaller eggs than standard size. I don't give him the eggshell since he won't need extra calcium.

Are there better protein boosters, or maybe a quail egg or two would be better since they're so much smaller? He's at 20% chick grower, but besides the 18% feather fixer, I can only find 28% and isn't that too high for a daily feeder.