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My girls don't leave a trace of eggshell, and barely even wet spot. They will break and eat the eggs and embryos out from under a setting hen. My hens have to set in cat crates. I got them to stop eating the nest box eggs by putting mustard filled eggs in the nest. Oh and a Hawk got the smart...

Are your nest boxes wooden? It's possible that this may be happening , I've seen my hens do this. A hen scratches around randomly in the Box, knocks the egg up against the wood, cracking it. And proceeds to eat the egg, and has learned that if she gets in the box and scratches around hard enough...