What kind of egg eater cracks open the top and just eat a little of the egg's innards?

[MontanaChickDoc]

A friend of mine has gone to collect eggs and found eggs sitting upright, like a bowl, with the "lid" off (like you'd do for a soft boiled egg in an egg cup) and some of the insides eaten but not all. What does that? No egg eating hen or skunk or possum I have experience with eats eggs that way. They make a mess. This egg eater is quite dainty. A squirrel perhaps?

 

[ColtHandorf]

Maybe a rat?

 

[Cryss]

 

[Sue Gremlin]

I'd say a chicken.

 

[sourland]

Is a crow a possibility?

 

[chickenmomma16]

I had a blue jay do this. Taught all my chickens to eat eggs.

 

[cmom]

If you have a game camera, you may be able to find out. My guess would be a crow.

 

[chrissynemetz]

How bizarre... I've never heard of that before. I hope you figure out what's doing it, I'm seriously curious

 

[MontanaChickDoc]

I know right? We have a game camera but I don't think my husband would let me lend it out, even for this interesting (and very annoying) problem. I suppose a chicken is a possibility but I've never had one just "sample" an egg - it's all or nothing but I suppose anything's possible. I'm not sure that other birds can get into her coop but I think small rodents could. A few weeks ago I happened to close a window flap on my large coop (it's been so hot the windows are always open) and behind it was a huge nest of feathers that a mouse had carefully gathered and made into the nicest feather bed you could imagine! I felt bad tearing it down but...it looked like a whole multicolored chicken tucked in there.

 

[aart]

A friend of mine has gone to collect eggs and found eggs sitting upright, like a bowl, with the "lid" off (like you'd do for a soft boiled egg in an egg cup) and some of the insides eaten but not all. What does that? No egg eating hen or skunk or possum I have experience with eats eggs that way. They make a mess. This egg eater is quite dainty. A squirrel perhaps?

Have her get pics of egg sitting up.
Can't imagine any animal leaving and egg sitting upright like that.