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NDan
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by NDan » Wed Jan 10, 2007 1:27 pm
I was watching my finches tussle with an egg that fell to the floor, trying to get it open. Eventually they did and ate it.
Is this typical? They seemed to find it very tasty.
I have tube nests so the eggs will fall out. 3 have been laid in the past 2 weeks but this is the first I've seen them eat one.
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tammieb
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by tammieb » Wed Jan 10, 2007 2:22 pm
Completely normal. BUT it can become a problem if they get in the habit of eating eggs and then you decide you want to breed them.
TammieB.
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kenny
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by kenny » Wed Jan 10, 2007 2:31 pm
it will give them much neede calcium,but as tammie says make sure they dont make a habit of it
ken
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Hilary
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by Hilary » Thu Jan 11, 2007 12:47 am
If you haven't already I would make eggshell (chicken) available to them. I just keep a treat dish in each cage with eggshell to snack on when they want to.
Hilary
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NDan
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by NDan » Thu Jan 11, 2007 9:49 am
I do give them the egg food with their seed, but they wouldn't touch any egg with shell I gave them before. hmmm. time to retry that I think. There are 2 finches that weren't with the first 4. They might teach them how to eat it.
Thanks!
