Feeding old eggs from the incubator to pigs?

[HobbyfarmOkie]

I incubate eggs all the time and have a lot that don't make it or never develop. I read that someone feeds them to their pigs? Should I boil them first? Can they eat shells?

 

[Womwotai]

I don't keep pigs but do feed my old eggs to the chickens and dogs. I don't do anything other than crack them open into a bowl. And that's only because I want to save the shells to feed back to the chickens later.

 

[boothcreek]

I just toss them whole into the feeder, they love partially developed eggs

 

[HobbyfarmOkie]

Thanks guys! I will see if they eat them. I ordered a bunch of quail eggs and only half developed, so I have a bunch. Plus more from our chickens. They keep flipping their food and water pans over. I am using rubber pans. What do you all use? A trough? I've got a five gallon metal one, but if they will spill that too then its going to be a huge mess. They are in a stall for the next week while we get the electric wire put up.

 

[jk47]

Not sure about partial developed eggs but I always hard boil any eggs I give to my pigs becaus there is less mess and pig process cooked eggs better then raw eggs

 

[AshleyFishy]

Always cook eggs before feeding them to pigs. The raw egg white has avidin in it that blocks absorption of biotin.