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I just chopped up some collards and mixed them with the egg shells from the eggs for a potato salad and I gave it to my youngsters who recently started laying. They gobbled them up.

I have actually had a couple of egg eaters over the years and sold them both. I told each buyer that they were prone to eat eggs. One I think was going to the dinner table as she was a nice big fat hen, so was the other but I really don't know what the plans were for her.

I have had birds go in and out of the nest boxes a few times a day and not lay an egg. I put a camera in one of my coops to to see if I could figure out who was the egg eater. One day I went out and was checking the nest boxes and caught the culprit in action. I took her out and at the next swap...

Most game bird feed is around 20% protein. Your 18% feed is good. most layer feed is around 16%. As I mentioned previously try putting the oyster shells in their feeders. I have done it many different ways and some people have issues with putting it in the feeders but it works well for me and...

Golf balls work good too.

I have around 200 birds right now but will soon be hatching. I have hanging feeders in all of the coops. I do give my birds grains and seeds for treats so I put grit and oyster shells in the feeders. It eventually filters down into the pans and the birds take what they want.

I don't know how many birds you have but most usually skip a day or two weekly and some breeds lay less often.

Once in a very great while one may be an egg eater. I have had that happen too. I sold her. I'm not sure if she continued the practice at her new place but she would be acclimating to it so maybe not as it would be a new environment. Otherwise if a egg is cracked the birds have eaten it but very...