Birdfeeders

During the warm summer months, we seem to use more eggs than during the winter. I guess it’s all the macaroni salad and potato salad that we make for barbeque parties and picnics, etc. Instead of throwing away all those egg shells, we put them to good use. We rinse them thoroughly and dry them. Even let them sit for a while to be sure they are good and dry. Then we crush them into tiny pieces. If we only have a few, it is easy to crush them by hand. On the few occasions that we have lots (the family loves deviled eggs at a picnic!), it is easier to crush them with a rolling pin. Eggshells are not only good roughage to help a bird’s digestion, but they are very high in calcium so provide extra nutrition. I scatter the crushed eggshells in the hanging platform feeder and they sure don’t last long! The platform feeder is the perfect place to put crushed eggshells for they are easily visible, many birds can approach and the eggshells don’t have to be kept out of the rain.