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Livestock => Poultry & Waterfowl => Topic started by: aaronsundin on April 18, 2013, 05:34:54 pm

Title: Feeding eggs back to chooks
Post by: aaronsundin on April 18, 2013, 05:34:54 pm

Hi all ,
sorry if this has been asked before , but does anyone feed surplus eggs back to the chooks ? If so , how do you cook / prepare? Maybe mix with their usual feed  & and is this an okay practice , don't want them to start eating all they lay . Many thanks .

Title: Re: Feeding eggs back to chooks
Post by: Backinwellies on April 18, 2013, 06:18:01 pm

Hi hens shouldn't (by law) be fed anything from your kitchen,which probably answers your question about cooked eggs.  As for raw eggs I wouldn't do that either to prevent disease spread/ avoid encouraging hens eating own eggs,  but others may do this with no problems?

Title: Re: Feeding eggs back to chooks
Post by: mentalmilly on April 18, 2013, 07:01:25 pm

Yes, by law you are not supposed to feed hens food prepared in the kitchen.  BUT  You can cook and feed hens eggs if you cook them outside and they are not contaminated by other foods in your kitchen.  How dumb is that.