Egg
Food - The Importance & Recipe |
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Egg food is a source of nutrients for
birds. Calcium is derived from the shell and many of
the nutrients which are not received through normal
seed, nut and fruit/vegetable feeding are found in this
good source of nutrition.
We feed our Cockatoos egg food, as well as our parakeets.
It is especially helpful during the breeding season
for breeder birds but babies and adults alike can benefit
from eating this as a food supplement to their weekly
nutritional needs.
Egg food is so simple to make.
Here's the recipe.
2 Eggs hard boiled, cooled and fully cooked until
yolk is hard all the way through. 12 minutes boiling
works for me to get my eggs to this point.
1 Potato Masher
1/2+(to consistency) cup of crushed cereal O's
(does not have to be the name brand of O's), crushed
until powdered
1 Slice of 12 grain bread dried stiff or toasted,
crushed into bread crumbs.
Place the crumbs in a bowl. Place the eggs in
a bowl and mash with a potato masher until they
are teensy. Mash the shell as well, and make those
pieces as small as possible and include them in
the egg mash. Usually 1/16 inch is sufficient
for all sizes of bird to eat. Place bread crumbs
in first. Mix thoroughly with the egg and then
add the cereal O's to it. Mix this for about 2
minutes until very well mixed. If Egg Food is
not dry and still feels mushy or wet, add a bit
more of the crumbs or cereal until it becomes
spongy. Put this on a dish in the bottom of the
bird cages or aviary and the birds just eat it
up. You'll be amazed at how fast it disappears.
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Parrot Cages |
One more thing: You can not fry the
eggs instead, you can not scramble the eggs first, please
use hard boiled eggs. Hard boiled eggs won't contain
things which could possibly harm your bird such as Teflon,
sprays, oils or margarines.
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