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Egg feeding ?

Postby Shellyjean » Thu May 17, 2007 5:55 am

Trying out a new recipe today for the "kids" (they eat better than the real kids) and I was wondering something. When serving them boiled eggs, do they eat the shell and all or not?

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Postby Arkangel » Thu May 17, 2007 6:35 am

I never fed the shell. You can dry and bake eggshells and grind it into great calcium rich powder.


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Postby Shellyjean » Thu May 17, 2007 6:49 am

Thanks Kristine.

I thought I had read previously you could but wasn't sure. It was probably snails shells I'm thinking of! :doh:
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Postby Arkangel » Thu May 17, 2007 6:54 am

Oh, I'm sure people do feed the shell with the egg. I just never did. It was just a personal choice of mine.
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Postby Nature's Gift » Thu May 17, 2007 9:35 am

Many recommend that you stick the whole cooked egg into the food processor for dogs because of the "what-ever" is in the shell!

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Postby Blue Tongue Pros » Thu May 17, 2007 9:51 am

Mine love eggs as a occasional treat. Here's a video link:
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Postby Shellyjean » Thu May 17, 2007 10:01 am

They got it sans shell and boy are they loving it!
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Postby NomadOfTheHills » Thu May 17, 2007 11:37 am

I just grind up the shell in the food processor.
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Postby KyleWeiss » Thu May 17, 2007 6:36 pm

Hard-boiled eggs keep quite well and grind up easily in the food processor. I'll mix some up, shell and all, with some raw turkey (about a 20-80 egg-turkey ratio) if the meat is a little lean, then freeze it.

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Postby evil pixie » Thu May 17, 2007 8:44 pm

I use half the shell in my omelets.
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Postby Shellyjean » Fri May 18, 2007 9:57 am

Thanks all! Next time I'll add some shells in with it and see if they love it just as much.
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Postby Nature's Gift » Fri May 18, 2007 10:11 am

Well I heard/read/etc. etc. that the shell has loads of benefits. However, I don't give Pinkle the shell but I do woosh it all up in the food processor for the dogs!
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Postby Zach » Sat May 19, 2007 1:35 pm

I leave the shell on! It gives them a bit of a challenge to get to the favorable inside; they normally avoid the shell, but can't help eating some pieces....very rarely, I'll throw Slurp a whole raw egg and he'll wrestle with it for a bit before crushing through it. I love the whole process he does.

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