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Has anyone have a suggestion on what kind to buy that will handle the boiled eggs with shells at about three or four eggs at a time.
Doing it like this will the egg shells be small enough for them eat
What brand and what store

I actually do my eggs and shells separately. I have a very small "Everyday Essentials" food processor, $10 bought at Maxi, a Provigo, Loblaws food chain. I then dry the egg shells in the microwave for 1 min, and put them in a coffee grinder, also $10 at the same store.

Bill

I have a old Black and Decker Power Pro II that has held up nicely throught the yrs at least 8 now). I put at least 3 to 4 hard boiled eggs and sections of carrots in it and chop. I believe they call it the Power Pro Wide Mouth now. Target has a good selection in the store and on line. I even grind pellets up in it though my mini Cussinart and Black and Decker Touch Mini (Tough Chopper) does a better job on making a powder.

here is the link

http://www.target.com/s/ref=in_se_pagel ... _brand-bin

You can start getting into some really pricey ones like the Cussinart at Williams and Sonoma but I found the Black and Decker does a really nice job for what is needed.

I can do up to 6 eggs at a time in my GE processor from Walmart. It was the cheapest thing they had at the time, and since I put the eggs in shell and all, the plastic bowl gets scratched on the inside pretty quickly. I tried once to do the whole dozen, and that didn't work as well.

I have a mini Cuisinart which I love, but it does best with only 2 eggs at a time--when I'm doing a dozen eggs, that just takes too long.

I also chop my vegetables separately from the eggs.

I use a Bravatti Quad Blade which handles 4 eggs w/the shells at one time easily. I do the carrots separately as they take much longer to mince than the eggs which I want fluffy. This processor has a heavy glass carafe.

Thanks for reply's now I have to go check out some of those

I use this one...It is the stongest chopper I have ever owned (and I have tried many) http://www.asseenontv.com/prod-pages/ul ... opper.html
It is small in size and I also make fresh peanut butter, pistashcio butter, almond butter with it in about 1 minute. YUMM
I have had mine for about 5 years and still holds up great with a lot of use.
I usually do my eggshells seperately from the boiled eggs. I like to hand grate the eggs but the shells I bake or microwave to get them chrunchy. I then pulverize them for 5 seconds for the grassketts, 10 seconds for smaller pieces fpr the finches and 15 seconds turn them into dust. I mix this dust with some of the eggfood or add to water.

Be careful of large eggshell pieces in eggfood as sometimes the young chicks cannot handle the sharp pieces and swallow them whole into their crops. This could pose an injury.

I use my BULLET. I grind the shells and eggs separately. It will make the shells like powder, then I sift them right into the dish which I mix my eggfood (the sifter takes out the 'skin'). I do the eggs 2 at a time. Does the job in no time, and I love the way it pulverizes the shells.

I have a mini-Cuisinart that I got a CostCo a few years ago.
It can do 3 maybe 4 eggs at once. I found that I have to be careful with the number of eggs. 4 sometimes does not get chopped fast enough, and if I chop too long, the eggs get pasty/sticky...even w corn meal mixed in. So 3 eggs is about right for the mini-processor.

I do my eggs w/o the shell. I grind the shell separately in a motar n pessel, so I can control the size of the egg shells, based on what birds I will give it to, and if I want powder or pieces. Although reading the posts I may switch to the coffee grinder.

It seems that a lot of people just do a few eggs at a time anyway i have a small electric chopper that i have been doing three at time and doing shells seperate just thinking if there was a easier way.
I have found if you boil your eggs then cut in half and put in covered dish overnight they dry out and don't get mushy when you chop

I haven't cut mine in half but I do put the boiled eggs in the fridge to make sure they are really cold. Then I cut them in half (with the shell on) and toss 8 halves (4 whole eggs) into the processor.