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    Comment by 'patchulie1' in article 'Six Tips On Breaking Your Egg Eater'

    I tried the golf balls with no success, but the fake ceramic eggs definitely worked! I just me sure for a couple of weeks that I checked the nest boxes twice a day to remove the real eggs soon after they hatched. I ha to mark the ceramic eggs with a big X as they look and feel very real! No...
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    Hello!

    Thanks Michael! Yes....learned my lessons from: losing a hen to worms, being attacked by my rooster, losing eggs to egg-eating hens, and giving away a hen that was too stressed and picking her own feathers. The chicken "learning curve" is indeed a tough climb! LOLOL
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    Chickens breaking eggs.

    Oh I forgot to mention I did add a lot more calcium and protein to their diet as that may have been the reason the problem started!
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    Chickens breaking eggs.

    In June I started having a big problem with my hens pecking the eggs and then eating them. I couldn't figure out which one was doing it! So I got some fake porcelain eggs from the feed store. I put one in each nesting box (I have 3 boxes). Then I made sure for a couple of weeks that I checked...
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    Hello!

    Hello! Thanks for the welcome message. I have 5 hens and 1 "snarky" rooster. My hens are a silver lace wyandotte, ameracauna, a brown leghorn, and 2 austrolorp. My roo is a gorgeous lavender orpington. He does a great job protecting the hens from predatory birds, as we are in the country. Best...
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    Hello!

    Hello from Oregon, I am a new BYC member. I have had chickens for about 2 years. And there is a definite high learning curve to having chickens! Learned much about worms, feather picking, introducing new hens, dealing with an aggressive rooster, and hens eating eggs!
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    How many nesting boxes?

    BTW someone mentioned using "fake eggs" in nesting boxes. I tried all kinds of ways to break my hens of a bad habit.....breaking and eating eggs. I could not figure out who the culprit was. I placed 1 fake egg in each nesting box. Bingo! It did the trick. No more broken eggs. I guess hitting a...
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