At a petting zoo one day, I overheard several people shocked by some domestic geese eating an egg, shell and all, that one of them had just laid. While I agree this verges on cannibalism, the truth is the geese had a good idea: eggs are full of protein, calcium, and other minerals. If one breaks, then it becomes Good Eats, especially for the hen that just laid it.

The Finsters eat their own eggs when they lay them (and they break), plus I regularly give them "egg food." This is a hard-boiled chicken egg, whirred up in my tiny food processor wanna-be, until it looks like crumbs. Two hard-boiled eggs make at least eight servings for the number of birds I have, so the extras get stored in the freezer. Sometimes I add things like the whirred-up shells, baby food vegetables (instant mush), nestling food, grated vegetables, and mineral dust. The last batch I made was full of things, but after the first couple of servings the Finsters seemed to lose interest, so this batch is straight egg. So far the egg seems tasty, but not irresistable. Maybe they've developed a preference for tofu?

Peanut seems to like egg better than tofu, but he still spent more time flicking bits off the spoon than eating.