Hardboiled Eggs for 6 Week-Old Chicks O.K.?

[chickenfeathers]

If so, how often?

Thanks for your time!

 

[bayourouge]

i can tell you this, i feed boiled eggs to my hatchlings as soon as i take them out of the bator and continue that until day 2. it gives them a nice start. i dont see why it would hurt 6 wk olds

 

[cookinmom]

When mine were little, I gave them a boiled egg (no shell) in the evening at bedtime. I didn't do it every day, it depended on my egg inventory, but I don't think it would hurt them.

 

[chickenfeathers]

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Many thanks.

I don't think you're dumb!

 

[cookinmom]

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Yeah, that D is supposed to be for DEAR.

 

[chickenfeathers]

cookinmom,

Thanks for your reply.

A *really* disgusting thing happened the other day.

A baby bird was killed by a crow. The nest was in a pine tree over the chick's run.

The baby fell out of the nest into the run, (eyes not open, as yet). Before I could get to it, the 6 week-olds were all fighting over it & running around with it in their mouths.

They devoured it!!!

P.S. I guess hard-boiled egg wouldn't be so bad. I have a really strong stomach but that was too much for me. I'm feeling ill, just typing this.

 

[cookinmom]

EEWWW! That is gross. Have you read 4HMom's description of her chickens killing and eating a mouse?
They love hard boiled eggs though. I used to feed them from my hand, but then they started trying to take my fingers with the egg, so now they only get them in a dish. They know when that purple dish appears though!

 

[chickenfeathers]

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Yup, grossed me out too!

 

[bayourouge]

yea i know the D is for dear but my TW(trophy wife) said it's for DUMB around hear, lol