egg food

tina · Post by **tina** » Thu Jul 27, 2006 1:05 pm

Hi. I am new here and i have a question about egg food. My question is basically how often should you feed egg food to young birds that you plan on breeding in the future?

I have zebra finches 1 male grey, and 1 CFW female, and they love the egg food that I made for them, I just don't know how often to give it to them. Thanks

kenny · Post by **kenny** » Thu Jul 27, 2006 3:15 pm

hi tina
once or twice a week preferably given on the same days in the week,but if your zebra finches have got young ,then every day and change it, if it goes sour during the day then more often as the adults eat it then feed it straight to the young...but giving it to your adult that are not breeding helps to build them up! but as i said no more than 3 times a week when they have no young

ken

tina · Post by **tina** » Fri Jul 28, 2006 7:40 am

Ok, thanks.

kenny · Post by **kenny** » Fri Jul 28, 2006 8:14 am

hi tina
if you get stuck let me know...but usually on the package it gives some instruction if it is a decent make.....what make have you got by the way

ken

tina · Post by **tina** » Fri Jul 28, 2006 9:51 am

I made it myself using a recipe I found on the internet.

Carmen · Post by **Carmen** » Tue Aug 08, 2006 7:50 am

Ken, why not give them more often than three times a week?
Does it harm giving them every day eggfood?
I'm very curious for your answer

kenny · Post by **kenny** » Tue Aug 08, 2006 8:54 am

hi carmen
i give it 3 times a week as a rota,as the other days are given over to condition seed on the alternate days and soak seed sometimes added with the softfood.its just my preference as i think the birds would be bored getting the same stuff day in day out and it is a change from the ordinary seed .you dont have to do any of this of course it is up to the individual.as i have stated i give them eggfood all the time when they are breeding .....but with the winters we get i think they need some extra sustinance that the only reason i give the eggfood 3 times but obviously not in the same amounts !

ken

LauraElrod · Post by **LauraElrod** » Sun Jun 17, 2007 12:07 pm

when u make boiled eggs do you crush up the shell also i read the u should do this also. i saw egg food at the store also i am wondering is this very good it cost like 7.00 for a small bag

tammieb · Post by **tammieb** » Sun Jun 17, 2007 2:35 pm

You can serve the shell with the egg but I prefer to offer it separately, mixed with oyster shell.

The commercial eggfood is good if your birds will eat it. Mine are not so crazy about it unless I add some mashed up scrambled eggs to it. It helps to dry out the fresh eggs and adds vitamins.

goldie · Post by **goldie** » Mon Jul 23, 2007 8:22 am

Hi, im giving my finches emp, is this a good egg food or shall i try another brand thanks

sandy

Post by **Sally** » Mon Jul 23, 2007 11:41 am

Carmen wrote:Ken, why not give them more often than three times a week?
Does it harm giving them every day eggfood?
I'm very curious for your answer

Hi, Carmen - from what I've read, when the birds are just resting, not breeding or molting, they should be on more of an austerity diet. This doesn't mean leaving out veggies, etc., but cut way back on fattening foods. Egg food is very rich, so they don't need it all the time. I follow about the same schedule that Kenny listed, though not year-round.

I also make an egg bread recipe I found on the internet. It basically takes just 1 box Jiffy cornbread mix and 12 eggs, you wind up with a lot of bread to put in freezer. My birds love it. You can also mix it with veggies, soak seed, etc. The original recipe calls for adding Kaytee handfeeding formula, but it was such a small amount, I don't even bother with that unless I feel like it. The bonus is that now you have 12 eggshells to crush and serve with oystershell grit! Here is where you can find this recipe:

www.finchaviary.com

From their home page, look under 'Care' then 'Diet' then eggfood recipes.

Sandy, I'm not sure what emp is. Most of these commercial eggfoods are good, I just find them kind of expensive, so making my own saves money (so I can buy more birds

).

tammieb · Post by **tammieb** » Mon Jul 23, 2007 12:33 pm

Emp is a brand of eggfood sold in the UK. I know many budgie breeders who use it, so it must be good stuff.

EmilyHurd · Post by **EmilyHurd** » Tue Aug 07, 2007 3:25 am

I can't seem to find store egg food! I wish I could. So I just always do a fresh egg each time boiled and chopped very finely.

kenny · Post by **kenny** » Tue Aug 07, 2007 6:59 am

hi emily
you could try some bread crumbs with it,put a slice of bread in the oven so that it goes really hard then just grind it up and mix it with your eggfood you can always add a tiny amount of water if you think its to dry,if you have any brewers yeast tablets you can grind one up and mix that in aswell it will give them something different to go at

ken

EmilyHurd · Post by **EmilyHurd** » Tue Aug 07, 2007 2:25 pm

Well I usually just do the boiled egg with powdered vitamins with the occasional broccoli mixed in. They seem to like it. But maybe adding bread will dry it up and maybe they'll like it better. Does adding the bread make it more nutritious?

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