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Post by tovis » Mon May 28, 2012 9:10 am

How long do you typically leave boiled eggs in a cage - how long is not safe?
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Post by wellingtoncdm » Mon May 28, 2012 9:24 am

There are probably many right answers here. I have had no problem leaving boiled egg fed on paper plates in my aviaries and cages all day long. I put out just enough for them so that most, if not all, is gone when I get home at 6:30. Other people leave it out for less time and some overnight. I do not mix it with anything wet. I tried mixing it with dry eggfood and found the birds eat it better separate and prefer the dry eggfood on it's own.
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Post by tovis » Mon May 28, 2012 9:27 am

I left small amount in overnight and am a litle worried while we are out of town. Nothing is mixed just cut up egg
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Re: Boiled egg

Post by kathmcm » Mon May 28, 2012 9:32 am

It should be okay. It will probably just dry up. Chances are your birds won't eat it anyway if it gets dried out, if they are used to having it fresh.

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Post by tovis » Mon May 28, 2012 9:34 am

Good to hear. Thanks. They do usually go strait to it when i first put it in.
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Post by purplejasminevn » Mon May 28, 2012 12:00 pm

Mine won't eat when it dry. So I leave in the plate for them during the day and take away when I get home from work.
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Post by L in Ontario » Mon May 28, 2012 12:38 pm

I do mix my hardboiled egg with dry commercial eggfood, broccoli and carrots (and CWO and CLO) and leave it in all day while I'm at work. Not much if anything left when I get home in the evenings.
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Post by purplejasminevn » Mon May 28, 2012 2:41 pm

Liz , when you mix the hardboiled egg with dry commercial eggfood. Are they sticky? Mine looks like they all sticking together and I like them to be fine little bit. I used the blender - but did not help - i left in the fridge as someone suggest - Did not work so well.

Also any tips on hardboiled eggs with no smell after done boiling? :oops: . Mine always smell weird- even I get fresh farm eggs :lol: Thanks
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Post by L in Ontario » Mon May 28, 2012 2:44 pm

Add more dry commercial eggfood until it is nice and crumbly. It should fall apart easily. If it is sticky then you need more dry eggfood.
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Post by wellingtoncdm » Mon May 28, 2012 3:10 pm

If you boil the eggs too long the yolk gets greenish and smells from the sulfur.

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Post by purplejasminevn » Mon May 28, 2012 3:15 pm

yes I try to boil about 10 minutes - sometimes don't see the greenish stuff though - but when I walk in the house on the day we feed boiled eggs it still smells funny - that was son' comment :twisted:- guess - my son does not like eggs smell :-?
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Re: Boiled egg

Post by Chrismurdoch3 » Mon May 28, 2012 4:09 pm

My finches absolutely love their hard boiled eggs and i usually will mix in dry egg food, carrots and spinach on occasion. i feed it in the morning and leave it in all day as well, while i am at work they will usually eat all of it before i get home. and what is left over they don't eat cause like everyone else said it goes dry. I usually hard boil my eggs for about 10 to 15 minutes. My finches will every morning sit down at the bottom of their cages and wait for me to give them their egg food for the day its pretty darn cute. :)
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Re: Boiled egg

Post by Sally » Mon May 28, 2012 4:58 pm

I leave my boiled egg mixture in all day. I make mine quite dry anyway, and by the end of the day, it is completely dry.

Everyone's stove and pans will be different, so you just have to figure out what works for you. I bring 12 eggs to a rolling boil in a 3-quart pan, then turn the heat off and let them sit for 15 minutes. This is a ceramic stovetop, so it continues to retain heat, even after I turn off the knob. Then I run cold water into the pan till I can handle the eggs, and let them continue to cool and dry in my dish drainer. I mash them while still warm, as I feel they better absorb the wheat germ oil and cod liver oil that I add before adding the dry ingredients.

I change out what I add from time to time--nestling food, handfeeding formula, dry commercial eggfood, yellow cornmeal (small amount). This way, the birds are not shocked when their eggfood isn't exactly the same every day. Sometimes, I give them dry commercial eggfood, so that if I am out of town, they hopefully will accept the dry stuff.
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Post by Lisa » Mon May 28, 2012 7:29 pm

I boil mine for about 15 minutes and then rinse them until I can handle them. Sometimes I just mash them with a fork and sprinkle the egg shells on top (I always cook the shells for 1 minute in microwave). Other days I will put the entire eggs in the food processor and it turns out looking like scrambled eggs, which I then sprinkle the egg shells on the top. Sometimes I mix a little bit of commercial bread crumbs (just plain) in with it. They pretty much down it no matter how I serve it to them. My gouldian hen especially loves it, sometimes my hand isn't even out of the cage before she's eating it!

I tend to leave it in all day and remove it then next morning. I have a few (zebras & societies) that will continue to eat it even when dried but most of the rest will only eat it for the first few hours after served.

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Post by ac12 » Mon May 28, 2012 8:25 pm

I put 3 eggs into a small pot, med-high for 10 min, then low for 15 min, then cool water for 5 min, then shell.
I put the shelled eggs into the fridge overnight or at least a few hours, to draw out the moisture from the white of the egg.
I put 2-1/2 eggs (3 eggs - white of 1 egg) + 1 teaspoon of corn meal into a mini foodprocessor.
- I will do 2 teaspoons of corn meal if I don't have it the fridge for at least overnight, to absorb more moisture.
I do five 1-second pulses. That give me the consistency that I want.

In the morning, I serve in a shallow dish, w the egg spread out. That way the egg dries, rather than have a wet center. I leave that till I do the late afternoon/evening food change.

Birds with chicks get egg as often as I can give it to them. They eat it so fast that making a pile of egg does not matter. I do adjust the amount of egg I give based on how many chicks and what size the chicks are.
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