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    Comment by 'jonsweaver' in article 'Six Tips On Breaking Your Egg Eater'

    My experience with putting a golf ball in the nesting box was good. This spring, one of my hens starting pecking and eating her own and others' eggs. After several times, I put a golf ball in the nest, and the eating has stopped. A one time experience, not a big study - I only have a few hens -...
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    how to break egg eaters

    Thx for the golf ball suggestion - it has disrupted the behavior and I hope end it. Seemed like the eater had broken her own egg as well as eggs of the one other layer we have right now. Checking the nesting box several times a day also. Wish me luck as more egg laying happens this spring...
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