Chicken deficient Posted May 8, 2013 Share Posted May 8, 2013 So, I've been feeding one of my hens white fishing maggots for her crop problem. OH has gone over all queasy and doesn't want to eat her eggs now , even though she eats all sorts of maggoty things and creepy crawlies when she is free ranging. Ok, the maggots smell vile, but don't they always, and I have no idea what they were fed on, but the hen seems to have suffered no ill effects after eating 1/4 pint of them. I was planning on feeding her eggs to the dogs for a few days, given OH's issues, but I'm baking cakes today and have run out of eggs. Do I: a) sneak in the maggoty eggs and not tell him and try to keep a straight face when he says how yummy the cake is b) make wheat intolerant son biscuits instead of cake and try to convince him that he has not been short changed, (he's 3 btw) Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted May 8, 2013 Share Posted May 8, 2013 Use them, don't waste them! What the eye doesn't see ... ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowy Posted May 8, 2013 Share Posted May 8, 2013 Yes use them! The extra protein will make them much richer and tastier anyway, you don't want to miss out on that! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicken deficient Posted May 8, 2013 Author Share Posted May 8, 2013 I just found a recipe for wheat and egg free cake, so I've tried that instead! The eggs are still sitting there though... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olly Posted May 8, 2013 Share Posted May 8, 2013 Use them. Hens are natural filters - if you could see everything they eat when they are free-ranging, it might put you off eggs forever, but whatever they eat the eggs are always perfect.* He'll never know. *I admit that when the hens have found a dead mouse in the garden, I give the eggs away for the next few days Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicken deficient Posted May 8, 2013 Author Share Posted May 8, 2013 *I admit that when the hens have found a dead mouse in the garden, I give the eggs away for the next few days Do you charge for them?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olly Posted May 8, 2013 Share Posted May 8, 2013 might do! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlottechicken Posted May 8, 2013 Share Posted May 8, 2013 Use the eggs!! Stick them in a cake, he'll never know Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ain't Nobody Here Posted May 8, 2013 Share Posted May 8, 2013 No different from eating veg you've grown in chicken poop compost, in my view . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Millie-Annie Posted October 5, 2013 Share Posted October 5, 2013 Agree, eat them. When I used to give Marigolds eggs away everyone said how tasty they were. I was tempted to say "tasty, sort of frog or mouse flavoured" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lavenders_Blue Posted October 20, 2013 Share Posted October 20, 2013 Oh yes, you should definitely use them. As Egluntyne said, what the eye doesn't see....... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
