- Apr 18, 2009
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Ok i have a couple of darn hens who love to eat eggs, Im sick and tired of them making a mess on my other eggs. How do i get these hens to stop breaking eggs and eating them.
How to stop egg eating?
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How much room do you have in your freezer?
- Aug 26, 2008
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They say oyster shells help with that problem.
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I'm afraid this is the only solution in some cases, especially if it has been going on for a long time. But there are things you can try.
Pick up the eggs very often, like hourly, if you can. Replace them with golf balls, or just put golf balls in the nests. Give them a larger run or let them run loose. Shake up their world somehow: change nest boxes, different coop, add or subtract a hen. If you must keep them in a small run, try hanging a cabbage, offering a watermelon, etc.
You could probably do a search on egg eaters and produce other ideas.
I'm afraid this is the only solution in some cases, especially if it has been going on for a long time. But there are things you can try.
Pick up the eggs very often, like hourly, if you can. Replace them with golf balls, or just put golf balls in the nests. Give them a larger run or let them run loose. Shake up their world somehow: change nest boxes, different coop, add or subtract a hen. If you must keep them in a small run, try hanging a cabbage, offering a watermelon, etc.
You could probably do a search on egg eaters and produce other ideas.
You can buy nest boxes that are on an angle... so that the eggs roll to the back of the box where the egg eaters can't get to them.
Otherwise they'll have to go to freezer camp, because they won't stop.
Otherwise they'll have to go to freezer camp, because they won't stop.
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