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Unfortunately the reality is many people do keep chickens specifically for eggs, so losing eggs to an egg eater is a problem. Even though my chickens are pets first and retired layers are welcome to stay, but I do expect to get some eggs too, so an egg eater would definitely be a problem for me.

Are they not roosting properly? While hens can lay at night it's unusual for that to be their "normal" behavior. If there's overcrowding, that's something that needs to be addressed. Adding more nest boxes isn't the answer and may make the overcrowding worse (as I'm not sure if yours are...