Pellets are unnecessary for finches, which have different dietary needs than parrots. They are true, out and out seed eaters. I feed pellets sometimes for convenience, if I am not able to provide regular veggies and egg, but with a few years and around 100 finches, no difference has been noticed at all between pellet and seed-based diets (both supplemented with vegetables and egg.)
It is necessary to give boiled egg to finches feeding young, some suggest not to feed it while they are incubating as the birds don't relieve themselves as much when nesting and egg food makes bigger droppings that will spend longer in the body. Apparently some worry it may increase the chance of infections, though I have always fed egg food to nesting birds and never experienced anything like that at all.
It really isn't an option for finches feeding chicks. My finches feed it, almost exclusively, for the first week. It replaces insect foods which would be fed to nestling by parents in a wild setting. Some species can survive and raise young without it but it's really not a good idea.
It is necessary to give boiled egg to finches feeding young, some suggest not to feed it while they are incubating as the birds don't relieve themselves as much when nesting and egg food makes bigger droppings that will spend longer in the body. Apparently some worry it may increase the chance of infections, though I have always fed egg food to nesting birds and never experienced anything like that at all.
It really isn't an option for finches feeding chicks. My finches feed it, almost exclusively, for the first week. It replaces insect foods which would be fed to nestling by parents in a wild setting. Some species can survive and raise young without it but it's really not a good idea.