i had eggs for breakfast this morning and we have the shells still and i was wondering if it is alright to crush them and give them to the budgies for extra calcium. is this fine for budgies and if so do i need to clean the egg remnant of them or leave it on there.

 

P>S the eggs were boiled.

I'm glad you mentioned the eggs were boiled, because that's what I was going to tell you. Cooked is good, but I wouldn't give them raw.

Okay thanks finnie but do i need to clean of the bits of the boiled egg on the shell or will thay eat that too.

Show breeders often boil eggs and put them whole in an aviary with just a bit of the shell picked off for access to the egg. They eat the lot.

Thanks, due to the egg on the shell will it go off, if so how long till i have to take them out.

Half a day to a whole day in this weather.............less in summer.

Thanks KAZ

Eggs are great for them. As well as adding a whole egg, you can hard boil them and then crush/mash the whole thing up (all egg and shell) and add grated veggies too... Makes a nice mix, especially for breeding hens when they have chicks to feed. This mix will last a few days in the fridge and give some each day. (If you have a food processor it works well in that)

I ll have to give that a try.