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LuxandLolita
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Bad egg? need opinions!

Post by LuxandLolita » Mon Apr 02, 2012 6:59 pm

So i made eggfood last night because Lolita was laying again. I forgot about it today and came home. Just now i found the bowl with a little bit of egg left in it all dried up and Lolita was next to the bowl. If she had ingested any, would it hurt her?
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Re: Bad egg? need opinions!

Post by debbie276 » Mon Apr 02, 2012 7:24 pm

I give my birds hard boiled eggs thinly spread on a dish in the morning and remove it the following morning. I don't add anything but hand feeding formula to them to dry it up a bit. As time goes by the egg drys out, I haven't had a problem doing it this way for many years.
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Re: Bad egg? need opinions!

Post by ac12 » Mon Apr 02, 2012 7:29 pm

When I give them egg food, if there is any chance that they will not eat it quickly, I will spread out the egg. That way it will dry w/o a wet center like a pile would. That seems to work OK for me.

The other factor is the temp and humidity in your house.
If the egg can't dry out, it could go bad.
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Re: Bad egg? need opinions!

Post by finchandlovebird » Mon Apr 02, 2012 7:55 pm

I do it the same way Debbie & Gary mentioned.
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Re: Bad egg? need opinions!

Post by Cath1068 » Tue Apr 03, 2012 7:19 am

I do the same as the others. I let it dry out and change it every morning.

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